“You can’t be serious!” Her stomach tightened into a cold little knot.Helena nodded. “I’m afraid so. We’ve got so many skeletons in the family closet, you could have a Halloween parade. And Henry put most of them there.” She glanced furtively at their silent companion, then dropped her voice to the merest whisper. “We obviously can’t talk about it here and now, but later on I’ll come to your room and we’ll talk, okay? These are certainly things you should know about—now, anyway.”Reluctantly Maggie voiced her agreement. “Okay.”Helena moved back to the couch and sat down, her face once again blank. Listlessly, Maggie walked over to the cabinets housing the videotape collection and glanced through the contents. She was getting a headache, trying not to think about all the family secrets Helena intended to reveal.About ten minutes later, another policeman came to the door to ask Helena to accompany him, leaving Maggie alone with the guard, as she now thought of him.
