Chapter 10

“How many trunks are there?” I asked with dismay as I closed the lid to the oversized one containing clothes belonging to a man that I’d just finished going through.

We’d already searched through five generously sized trunks and there were still a good deal more to go.

“There are at least a dozen or more.  Did every generation store their clothing like it was some sort of prized commodity? You could put whole bodies into these things with room to spare.  Maybe more than one at a time.  Whatever happened to giving away to the poor?” Nora puffed as she placed her hands against the small of her back and bent backward to stretch it out. I could hear a faint popping sound as she did it. “By chance, did the woman in your dream give you any indication of what room the trunk was in?”

I pursed my lips with disgust. “None whatsoever.”

My friend held her hands in front of her and twisted them