Bad Blood - The next few chapters

Well Fox isn't what I thought he was, Roley is great, John is lovely, even Kat and Cat are understandable, what I don't get is why people stay in such a house. I would have been out of there within minutes. Alice is mysterious she holds a few clues. Tip-toeing across floor boards, not human I think! A dolls house, an attic and a secret room what next, demons in trees?