Ichabod frowned at his phone as the reply came just as he got to the bottom floor. He had been having trouble remembering Jake’s name upstairs, but having heard and now seen the full name again he was remembering a couple more details about him. He’d been District Leader for a while now. He’d threatened Ben with a sword?! What the fuck was up with these people?
Lazarus is working for Jake. I don’t know much about him though. You ok?
He paused then, starting to type a couple of things but deleting them. Questions about Charon, about if Ben had considered trying to become a District Leader, but texting was definitely not the right way to bring up those things. They probably weren’t even true.
Thanks, but I’m going back to mine. James lived near there and he had a key – if James showed up there when Ichabod wasn’t around he’d make himself comfortable and then if Lazarus showed up… it wasn’t worth thinking about. And besides, Ben and Ichabod living together rarely turned out well.
Lazarus is going to go looking for Murphy. You should get him to go to the beach house.