I instinctively stepped backward.
“Is something wrong?”
He lifted one trembling hand toward his mouth.
“No. No, nothing is wrong.”
But his expression suggested the opposite.
“You look exactly like her,” he murmured.
I frowned.
“Like whom?”
He seemed to realize what he had said. His expression hardened, and he stepped aside to let me enter.
“Please come in. We have very little time.”
I crossed the threshold.
The mansion smelled faintly of cedarwood, old books, and roses. A grandfather clock stood beside the staircase. Photographs lined the walls, but several frames had been turned toward the wall as though someone had deliberately hidden the people inside them.
I noticed that immediately.
“Mr. Harrison, before we begin, I need to understand what you expect from me tonight.”
He closed the front door.
“I understand your concern.”
“Then tell me why you offered me so much money.”
He looked at me with an expression I couldn’t interpret.