“I would like to strangle that woman, but I’ve known her long enough to know she isn’t going to tell us anything more.”“We can go to St. Agnes and take a look around in the attic,” Ember offered.“I’d like to, but I’m too wired to do that now.”“So, back to Sister Margaret’s riddle. We know of a few people that Heidi was blackmailing: my husband, Trace’s uncle, and one of the Carmichaels, at least.”“Well, we can rule out Trace,” Darcy said, earning a smile from Ember.“And Charles has been very forthcoming about his involvement with Heidi, so that leaves the Carmichaels. Trouble is there are four of them.”“Figures,” Darcy huffed.“I think we can rule out the youngest of them because he was the one to tell us about the blackmailing and had, at one time, been party to Heidi’s activities. Maybe if we sat down with him, we could get him to share more about his family,” Ember said.“Do you think he would?”Ember held her stare and said, “Only one way to find out.
