A Stranger in the House

Karen walks into the house and immediately notices an empty water glass next to the kitchen sink. She is certain it was not there when she left. She picks up the glass, but then she gets dizzy and drops it. She calls Brigid and asks her to come over right away. She tells Brigid she is sure the glass was not there when they left the house. Brigid calls Tom, who rushes home.

Tom wonders if Karen is not misremembering that there was not a glass there. He cannot find any other evidence that someone else was in the house. He wonders if she is having memory problems because of the accident. Karen reluctantly responds “maybe.” Karen thanks Brigid for her support and Brigid leaves.

Detective Rasbach enters the abandoned restaurant where the dead man’s corpse has been found. Someone anonymously reported it. It smells very bad as the body has been rotting in the summer heat for several days. He notes the man was shot three times in the face and chest. He sees the man has dark hair and a nice suit and thinks the man does not belong in that neighborhood. The man has no identification on him, and his personal effects are missing.