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sitting at the table with Dad and…what was his name? Ian. She was pretty sure it was Ian. You taught school, you got good at names fast. He was pretty good-looking too. Nordic? Ophelia didn’t seem to have changed her focus from Jason, though.
    “You guys okay?” she asked. They had what looked like a plan of the house spread out in front of them.
    “We’re just going over the plan,” Ian said. “I don’t want anyone to feel like we’re spying on them, so I want to show you where the motion detectors are, where we’re going to be tonight and tomorrow. I figure this won’t take more than a couple of days, from what Thomas said. A week at most.”
    The animals had been showing up every couple of days. Lucy hadn’t realized how often it had been, but…okay. Maybe Dad had been right, though she wasn’t sure what two guys could do that they couldn’t manage with their own motion detectors. She supposed at least Dad could have some peace of mind this way. If he hadn’t hired Okami, he’d be going crazy setting up booby traps and who knew what else.
    She leaned over and looked. They had motion detectors at every corner, and an infrared camera on the back door. “No sneaking out after curfew, I guess,” Frieda said.
    “Unless we get a hookup with the security guys,” Ophelia said, with a sly little grin on her face.
    Shameless.
    “You’re free to leave if you need to,” Ian said, “but we will know about it. And we’d prefer you not go out alone late at night. I don’t want you guys to feel like prisoners here, but our first priority is keeping you safe. The better we work together, the sooner we can get answers, and you can get on with your lives.”
    “Should you give us your cell phone numbers?” Ophelia asked. “Or do you need ours?”
    “Your father’s given us your numbers,” Ian said. “But that’s a last resort. Most of the time, you won’t even know we’re here. Nothing unusual’s happened during the day, so we’re just going to keep an eye on the house while you go about your business. Make sure no one’s coming in while you’re out, that kind of thing.”
    “But you’re not going to give us yours?”
    “You shouldn’t need them,” Ian said. “One of us will always be here at the house.”
    Ian was pretty good at this. Lucy was impressed.
    “Sometimes I go running,” Ophelia said. “Early. Is that okay?”
    “Yeah, of course,” Ian said. “I might go out with you, if that’s all right.”
    She looked at Jason. “You don’t run?”
    Jason shrugged. “Sometimes.”
    Lucy couldn’t remember the last time O had gone running. Probably high school. Oh well. She kept saying she wanted to be more active, maybe this time she’d finally do it. Something good had to come out of all of this crap.
    “Well,” she said. “I’m tired, and I want to get out of these shoes. Are you gonna leave this on the table?”
    “Sure, if you want us to,” Ian said. “We’ll get it in the morning.” He stood up. “You ready, Jason?”
    Jason nodded. “Have a good night,” he said. “We’ll be working tonight, mostly in the SUV. You have Ian’s number if anything comes up. Anything looks or feels out of the ordinary…give a call.”
    “We’ll do that,” Ophelia said.
    “I’ll do that,” Dad corrected. “You girls come get me first.”
    “We are grown women,” Lucy said.
    “And you’re still my daughters.”
    Lucy sighed. “Good night, everyone,” she said, and headed up the stairs. She’d had it with being social. She wanted her own room and some peace and quiet. And her shoes off. They’d felt pretty comfortable when she got started, but now they were starting to ache, and she knew they’d swell the second she took them off. At least she still had a room to herself. Dad always said he’d bought too much house, but it was a huge relief to close the door behind her and be free of everyone else.
    She closed the door, took off her shoes, and rubbed her feet. That