"I will be back tomorrow, don't wait up" Sam left a message with the staff.

He didn't even say if it was about a late meeting.

Do not wait up. I wasn't going to wait.

The kind of notice he gave when he wanted the house empty of questions. By early evening the main rooms were quiet and the only sounds left were the ones the building made on its own.

I was in my room with the door unlocked when the knock came. Not a staff knock.

I opened it.

"Ben?" I was surprised.

Ben stood in the hallway with his jacket still on and his shoulders set too...