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Searching the Manor was the reason I was in Sawyers Bend Souised as bad, I'd ended up exactly where I needed to be This whole thing was too good to be true I'd arrived in town despairing over how to get close to the Sawyer family Now, I had carte blanche to search their historic Manor

Never ood luck I knew it didn't work that way Not for le they had for offering me the run of the house and access to their art collection Why? What could they have to gain?

Stalling, I said, "If you want pictures, I'll need my phone"

Tenn shot rin I wanted to hate I didn't It lit his deep, blue eyes frole time he aimed it my way "Griffen has an extra tablet with an app you can use to take pictures and notes He set it up thinking he and Hope could work on the project, but they never seeh time"

"And Griffen is good with est fan yesterday"

Tenn sain, his expression softer this time "Griffen is protective of his family these days He doesn't trust you, but he trusts "

"I won't," I agreed immediately

I took possession of the tablet after breakfast and headed upstairs with a bounce init was only afor

Hours later, I was bored, frustrated, and wondering what the hell had been wrong with Prentice Sawyer He owned Heartstone Manor, a treasure in itself, as well as what had been ru care of everything he'd been given, he'd let the house decay and lost half of the art

Griffen had the house back on the right track, but the art collection was a fraction of what it should be Granted, Heartstone was s had been packed away in a roo for me to stumble across them Maybe

I thought of the bust of Emperor Vitellius It had been listed for auction by Prentice Sawyer, probably only weeks before he'd died How many other pieces had been disposed of the same way? Where was the money? And as Thatcher so sure the statue would end up back here?

Too iving awayI didn't exactly knohat ainst one of these beautifully papered walls What if the bust of Vitellius wasn't here? What if Thatcher rong? Why hadn't he called? Was he hurt? Was he—