Tanith walks beside me behind the guys and whispers, "You don't have to come along if you don't want to, or just..can't," she gives me a reassuring smile.

"No it's alright, I have to do this. He was creepy and I want to know why, besides the psychopathic cult part." We laugh as we step inside the small house and it brings back so many memories.

The first room we walk into is his living room. Everything we perfectly placed, even the photos that hung on the wall were perfectly aligned. Only four were hanging on the wall. Burn everything. Skulduggery walks closer to framed pictures on the wall and stands there staring. Burn the photos. He takes one of the photos off and holds it closer. As I get closer to what he's looking at, I realise it's me and Drew in front of one of the few sight seeing locations in the city, overlooking all the houses and building. You looked happy. Skulduggery just stares at the photo. Did you feel happy?

"Skulduggery? Find something?"

He breaks his trance with the image, "No, just - uh, inspecting...stuff." he stalks off almost dropping the frame then places it on the coffee table. I glance at the other pictures on the wall. Oh, why did I do this. They were all of Drew and myself together.

I turn around to look around, on the left behind the couch that faces the TV, the dining table is perfectly in the centre of the kitchen. Everything is clean. Like always.

The hallway starts from the right of the kitchen, I walk slowly in the hallway straight towards the end room. There were two bedrooms in this house and one bathroom. I was never allowed in the second bedroom for some reason. I hear Tanith's voice but I don't make out any of it, then I hear Ghastly's voice, then Skulduggery's. I keep walking until I reach the door. As I turn the knob, the memories in this house flash in the mind. Get out of my head.

I turn the light switch on,

"Oh shit…"I hear someone whisper slowly. My mouth hangs open. Not making any words but, "What…" I take a step in, getting a better look of the whole room.

It's small but looks spacious. There was a simple desk and a chair with a larger folder neatly placed in the centre. I look up to see a wire attached to one wall connecting to the opposite with pegs clipped on just above the desk. On each image was a photo of places what looks to be in the city and himself with a girl in each photo.

Me.

Burn the place to the ground.

I feel a hand around mine, tugging me back. I turn, surprised to see Skulduggery is the owner of the hand, he has his façade on for some reason. He looks worried. Upset. But also angry. He keeps pulling my hand until I'm out of the room. I see Tanith go in and walk around looking at everything. Ghastly leans on the door, staring at the room. I sit on the whatever comes in contact with me.

"Are you okay?" he asks, standing from a distance away. Like I might hit something. Do it.

"I don't know anymore." I never knew since I started dating Drew. Since I was first hurt. Since he died. Since...Skulduggery kissed me.

He goes for a minute and brings me a glass of water. So caring.

"...find his body so I can burn it?" Tanith walks in, pissed. Ghastly catches up to her and talking quietly in her ear then she calms down.

"Everything is too pristine, he may have planned his death as well." Skulduggery said, ignoring Tanith's remark.

"No, he has always been like that. He has OCD." I sigh.

"I'm surprised it hasn't rubbed off on you to be honest," he mutters, "I think I saw an entrance on the floor in the hallway," Skulduggery announces.

"But there's a rug there! How could you possibly see an entrance to anything." Ghastly is astonished and yet annoyed at Skulduggery's special 'eye' for hints.

I stand up steadily before anyone responds and walk into the hallway and kick the rug off to the side. I'm so done with Drew and his mysteries. I just want to solve this stupid case.

Skulduggery was right, there was a square hatch on the ground. I exhaled and pulled the ring handle up, revealing a set of stairs going down into darkness.