The Family Upstairs

Libby and the man who introduced himself as Phin stare at each other. Phin comments that Libby is really pretty and looks like her biological mother. Phin tells Miller Roe he got almost everything wrong in his article. Phin explains that he was at the house the other day, when Libby was in the house alone, but by the time he got downstairs to talk to Libby, Libby was gone. Before that, Phin hasn’t been in the house since he was a teenager. Phin invites Libby and Miller Roe to his home across the river to continue talking about the house.

Libby, Miller Roe, and Phin go to Phin’s apartment, which is extravagant and expensive. Libby and Miller Roe notice the apartment is across the Thames river from the mansion and has a clear view of the mansion. Phin confirms that he hasn’t been in the apartment long, and he chose it because he knew Libby would be inheriting the house on her 25th birthday and he wanted to meet her. As they sit down to talk, Miller Roe asks if he can record the conversation. Miller Roe asks if the third dead body in the house—besides Henry Lamb’s and Martina Lamb’s—was