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Perspiration beads on my forehead. I wipe the dampness away and twist the AC knob, but it does no good. The cracked window will have to be enough to ensure I don’t arrive overheated.
Everyone puts their best life on social media, but nobody sees the bad days, the reality of life.”
I reach for the zipper on my dress and gasp as I stare in the mirror in total disbelief. Dayton’s necklace. Awesome. Now I’m going to get charged with theft and lose my job on top of everything else.
Then everything hits me like a bus—my mom is dead, my stepdad kicked me out of the only home I know, and now my only aunt who I barely know is going to raise me in my grandparents’ haunted house which could have people hiding somewhere.
My mind wanders, pulling up old childhood memories. I used to love exploring and sneaking into rooms when nobody was looking … until I found things I shouldn’t have. Heard things.
“Your mom was missing a yellow shoe when they found her.” “What?” I try to make sense of that. “Where would it have gone?” Kenzi tugs on her ponytail. “That’s what he wants to know.”
I pull on it, but doesn’t budge. Dig my nails into the edges until it finally comes loose.
brown on the bed covering. It’s a bloody knife. The brown on the bed is blood. Someone did die in this house.
Kenzi I drop the last of Claire’s boxes in the entry and take a deep breath. It’s amazing how heavy they are. And even as tired as I am, I can’t wait to dig in. Maybe there are more
me? I just stare at the writing, trying to make sense
