Bone Canyon by Goldberg Lee

Author:Goldberg, Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542042710
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2021-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

There was something creepy to Eve about her younger brother, Kenny, living a block away from the house they grew up in. Going to visit him was like driving into the past, and not in a good way. She wondered why, out of all the places to live in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter, he had to pick this neighborhood. She didn’t have fond memories of her time here, she thought, so how could he?

The actual house Jen rented was gone now, torn down to build a McMansion that was way too big for the narrow lot, and even though it was brick and mortar and not a living thing, it still looked to Eve as she drove past like it was sucking in its walls to fit and might suddenly explode into its true size. If it ever did, the wreckage would probably hit Kenny’s place on the next street.

His house was a tiny two-bedroom, one-bath ranch-style house on a long, narrow lot, with a detached garage in the backyard. Eve knocked on the front door promptly at noon, holding her present for Cassidy in the Target bag.

Kenny opened the door, wearing a stained apron and smelling of hickory smoke. Even though he was married, and a father, she couldn’t get over the feeling that he was a little kid playing house. He hadn’t outgrown his boyishness and she hoped he never did.

“Noon on the button, I knew it.” Kenny stepped out and gave Eve a kiss. “Have you ever been fashionably late for anything?”

“There’s nothing fashionable about being late,” Eve said as she stepped inside. “Besides, I wanted to prep Cassie’s gift.” She held up the Walmart bag.

“Great,” Kenny said, closing the door. “Because I hate assembling toys.”

The house was recently renovated by someone who’d watched a lot of HGTV fixer-upper shows, so Eve stepped inside an open-concept living room / kitchen that opened out to the awning-covered backyard, where there was an outdoor dining set, making the outside like another room.

“No assembly required,” Eve said. “I have to bury some things in the garden for Cassie to dig up.”

“I hope it’s not bodies,” said Rachel, Kenny’s apron-clad wife, as she walked around the kitchen’s peninsula to greet her. “Even if they are dolls.”

“Of course not,” Eve said, giving Rachel a hug. “What kind of aunt do you think I am?”

“You gave Cassie a badge and a gun last year,” Rachel said. “I thought you might be moving on to crime scene investigation.”

“It’s a treasure-hunting kit,” she said and decided it was better if they never knew that the gift was suggested by a forensic anthropologist at a crime scene.

Cassidy came bounding down the hall, shrieking, “Auntie Eve!”

She wrapped herself tightly around Eve, who hugged her back and gave her a kiss.

“I can’t believe how old you are,” Eve said. “Pretty soon you’ll be driving.”

“Did you know I’m having two birthdays?” Cassidy said, holding up two fingers.

“No, I didn’t.”

“One today with you and one tomorrow with my friends at a Chuck E.

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