My neighbor said she heard screaming coming from my house while it was supposed to be empty. So I pretended to leave, locked the door behind me… then slipped back inside and hid under the bed. What I discovered in the dark changed everything I thought I knew.
I blinked, the fatigue of the workday momentarily suspended by confusion. I forced a polite, albeit strained, smile. “Mrs. Collins, that’s impossible. There shouldn’t be anyone home. I work from eight to six. You know this.” She crossed her arms, a gesture of defiance that made her look like a schoolmarm scolding a truant child. “Then…
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