#78 Where?

      "So, uh, why is there a framed spiderweb on the wall?" Tobias asked the question that had been bugging him ever since he arrived.
      "Dad really likes spiders," Gail looked up at the web. It had been covered in a fine blue powder to make it show up against the dark background. "Especially that kind. He says they make the most beautiful webs."
      "Likes?" Tobias questioned, stressing the tense, "So he's not--"
      "Dead?" Gail snorted, "Hardly. He took off for some reason of other and is too chicken to come back."
      "No idea where he is?"
      "I think grandpa knows."