The second bath could use some updating. There were three more bedrooms on the second floor. The room she used, the one her parents used, and a third guest room. These all needed minor repairs mainly the wood floors needed refinishing and the walls fresh paint. She jotted down more notes.
There was one more area to examine, the attic. Remembering that boards covered the windows, she needed something to pry them away to allow light into the space.
Casey returned to the car to grab the flashlight from the glove compartment and a tire iron from the trunk before returning to the attic.
As the door swung open a musty odor greeted her. Standing in the doorway, she waited a few moments while her eyes adjusted to the darkness before moving into the center of the room.
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Listed next was the birth of a boy, Patrick Bryan O’Malley, who was born April fifth, eighteen sixty-nine. Patrick was born more than a year before Sean and Larissa’s marriage. Was Patrick Sean’s or not? Casey returned the Bible to the trunk and giving the dress one more loving touch, replaced it also.
A blast of frosty air blew past Casey, slamming the attic door shut with a loud bang giving her a heart-stopping moment. A cautious look around the room revealed nothing out of the ordinary. She checked to see if there was a window open or broken. After a quick inspection, they were all intact and securely locked. Feeling a little uneasy being there all alone, she decided to stop for the day. Ray expected her home early this evening she’d best be going.
Talking to herself she remarked, “Old houses always have drafts?”
Walking back to the door, Casey kept glancing over her shoulder waiting and watching for anything unusual. Talking out loud to ease her rising anxiety, “You are a little jumpy today. After all, you just found out there was a murder that took place here. That would unsettle