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guys. Reggie and I are going by the house tomorrow after Adam has left for work. If anyone sees us there, we’ll look like we’re just the friendly, neighborhood bookmobile.”
    “And what if Adam or the neighbors want to know why you didn’t visit any
other
houses?” Blake asked.
    “I hadn’t thought of that,” Sadie said.
    Actually, I hadn’t either, so I scrambled for an answer. “The reason we’re only visiting the Cantors’ house is . . . because patrons have to sign up for the service at the library and give Reggie their information there.” I nodded, satisfied that my explanation sounded reasonable. “We can say Mary put her father-in-law on the program because he’s a shut-in who enjoys reading.”
    They both simply looked at me, making me feel as if I were their reckless teenage daughter and they were my parents. Even though we were all three fairly close in age, they had always treated me as if I were their baby sister.
    “I’ll be fine,” I said. “Reggie will be there.”
    “Why are you going there in the first place?” Blake asked.
    “Mary wanted Reggie to talk with her father-in-law about leaving with her and Melanie—Mary and Adam’s daughter,” I said.
    “Then why are
you
going?” Sadie asked.
    “Because Chester—the father-in-law—wants me to determine the authenticity of a tapestry he believes to be an antique.” I shrugged. “Reggie will work everything out to where we’ll be safe. I trust her.”
    “I trust her too,” Blake said. “But she’s no match for Adam Cantor. Did you know he’s served jail time for assault?”
    I nodded. “Reggie told me about it.”
    “Did she tell you that he committed this assault at the Brew Crew and that he did over five thousand dollars’ worth of damage to Todd’s bar with a baseball bat?” he asked.
    “No.” I had a feeling I’d be getting a call from Todd later and that he too would try to convince me not to go to the Cantor house tomorrow morning. “I can’t bail on Reggie—or Mary and Melanie—at this point. Adam Cantor has no reason to be suspicious of me . . . no reason to harm me. . . . I’m merely delivering library books to his father.”
    “And trying to convince his father, his wife, and his daughter to leave him,” Sadie said.
    “Not the wife and daughter,” I said. “They’re already poised for flight. They just don’t want to leave the poor old guy there to fend for himself.”
    Sadie squeezed my hand. “Promise me you’ll be careful . . . and that this will be a onetime thing and that you won’t get in over your head.”
    “I promise.” And when I said it, I had every intention of keeping that promise.

Chapter Three
    I ’d just let Angus out into our fenced backyard when Reggie arrived the next morning. I was surprised to see that Officer Dayton was with her.
    “Good morning, Ms. Singer,” Officer Dayton said.
    “Please, call me Marcy,” I said.
    “Then, please, call me Audrey,” she said with a smile. She was dressed casually in black slacks, a bulky black sweater, and black flats. Noticing me looking at her clothes, she asked, “Are you wondering about my husky ninja costume?”
    I inclined my head. “Maybe a little.”
    She pulled up her right pant leg to reveal an ankle holster with a small gun. Then she turned and slightly raised her sweater so I could see the Taser located at the small of her back. “I’m not expecting any trouble, but I’m prepared if there is any.”
    After getting the lecture last night from Sadie and Blake about the dangers of Adam Cantor, I was glad to see that Officer Dayton—Audrey—had our backs. Surprisingly, I hadn’t heard from Todd last night. I didn’t know whether Sadie had been unable to reach him or it had been too late when he’d finished up at the Brew Crew to call me and add his two cents to the Adam Cantor warning.
    Reggie looked at her watch. “We should be moving along. Marcy, Audrey will be in the back of the van out of