Chapter 14
Scattered
*Sam*
I arrive at Silas's house just as the sun is setting. Molly and Rafe are watching Danny while I'm out so I told them I might be a while. When I walk up to the porch I notice something unusual. The front door is cracked open. "Silas?" I call out. There's no answer, so I invite myself in. "Silas?"
I walk into the living room to find nothing out of place. Walking around for a while there seems to be no sign of Silas or anyone. I do notice a one or two empty beer bottles by the sink allowing me to believe someone's been here recently. When I find nothing I decide to explore a little more. I make my way down a hallway in the back of the house to find a few locked doors except for one. I open the door to Silas's bedroom. Everything looks fine until I take one step in and feel something crunch underneath my feet.
I look down and see a shattered figurine along with a few other things on the floor. "What the…?" I crouch down to get a closer look. The shards are sharp but I manage to sort through the pieces to look for clues. "So if I'm correct, the figure fell from this shelf and hit the floor somewhere around here…" I observe the scattered pieces and something isn't adding up. "If the figure hit the ground from give or take 4 feet, the shards should have only scattered within about 3 feet of the place where it impacted." I walk a few feet.
"But some shards are all the way over here." Again I take a closer look. I observe each piece with great care, trying not to cut myself. "Wait a second…" I grab a small shard on the floor and pick it up. There's a small blotch of blood on its edge. Something's wrong.
I quickly put the small piece in a cloth and wrap it up. I'll take this back to the penthouse and get a better look.