Destination Funeral

Chapter 69

Everyone looks at the scene in horror, hands racing to mouths, people turning away so as not to bear witness.

Boomer has stepped back after emitting a small shriek I wouldn’t have thought he was capable of. His brother is muttering things about murdering him.

The rest of us stare down at the sand.

Not in horror, like we all started. Now more … in confusion.

There’s no body.

Only a box.

Sammie hesitates a moment, everyone muttering and chattering quietly as she goes over and picks it up. “It’s addressed to us.”