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though.”
    He pulled her close and kissed the top of her head. She was an amazing woman.
    “I might be making something out of nothing.” Sarah pulled away and turned back to her computer eager to get Billy’s opinion. “But, it really looks like something to me. I just need you to read it and see what you think. Then we can make sense out of it together.”
    “Show me what you’ve got,” he said in resignation.
    “Well,” she lifted the cover of her computer, “I noticed there’s a pattern of one number followed by a string of letters, and then a different number again followed by some letters, and that keeps repeating.” She tapped a few keys on her keyboard and pulled up a website she’d saved.
    “I told you I’ve been looking for codes, just for fun you know, and I found some websites for building and deciphering codes. This one’s for kids.”
    She gave Billy a wry look. “Before you say anything, I double checked everything once I figured out the code. It was all correct. All I had to do was type in the number here,” she typed the first number from the paper into the code-breaking site, “then type all the letters up to the next number below it.” Her fingers flew across the keyboard as she typed in the letters, different letters appearing in the box underneath them.
    “It’s a simple code. The number just shows how many places to the left in the alphabet the following letters need to be shifted. The computer program is a lot faster than doing it by hand.” She tore her eyes from the code and glanced at Billy, but his expression was impassive, and she couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
    “It was a little confusing at first,” she continued, “because there aren’t any spaces. Once I realized there were actually words in there, it didn’t take long to figure out what it says. My first instinct was that this website just gave out ‘spy’ type words no matter what you input, but after I played around with it a little bit, I realized it was talking about the same stuff as the rest of the memo, just in more detail.”
     

 

Chapter 4
     
    B illy stared at the words appearing on the computer screen as Sarah methodically typed in the numbers and letters from the crumpled paper.
    “See! If this wasn’t a code only a few random words would show up. But these are full sentences.” Sarah finished entering the series of numbers and letters into her computer, then set the paper on the coffee table before sitting back to study the on-screen results.
    “You look almost happy about this.” Billy studied her profile.
    Sarah blushed and laughed lightly with a shake of her head, her earlier hurt and anger were overshadowed by excitement. “I guess I am a little excited that it really is a code.”
    Her expression sobered. “But happy, no. If there is any truth to this, any truth at all, it’s just terrifying. I mean really, poisoning people who don’t meet certain standards? Who would even think up something like this?”
    “Well, let me think. Um, Hitler?” Billy asked as he sat back and crossed one leg over the other, trying to decide what he thought about Sarah’s discovery. It was strange, sure, but he was far from convinced it was anything to worry about.
    “Yes, of course,” Sarah said. “And you’ll never believe some of the stuff I read about him today.” She raised both her brows and her lips twitched. “Lots of people seem to honestly believe he was possessed by the devil to have been able to do the things he did.”
    Billy cut a look to her face to gauge just how serious she was taking that story. “And what do you think about that?” he tried to keep his tone nonjudgemental.
    “Well, it was interesting enough to lead me on a rabbit trail researching possession,” she admitted with a grin.
    “So from what you read, are glowing eyes a sign that someone is possessed?” Billy asked with a short laugh, picturing the way he’d imagined Mr. Bryant’s eyes gleaming