We headed for the house together, Petunia waddling between us while I did my best not to back out of what I'd just agreed to. Thing was, talking to Denver didn't have to connect with Sadie's death. I could just chat with him, right? Poor kid lost his grandmother. I didn't have to go into the conversation with a motive. I was just going to trail along with Alice. She'd do all the busybodying.

I'd gotten really good at lying to myself.

But when I walked into the ...