temple—hard, deliberate.
A few days later, I heard noises from the garage—metallic scraping, paper shifting, a drill whirring. Then Avery’s warning whisper: “Not now—she’s coming.” When I approached, the door slammed shut, locked. My own garage, suddenly off-limits.
But the moment that shattered my remaining illusions came at 1:48 a.m. when I passed continue reading …