The Overnight Guest
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Read between July 16 - July 23, 2025
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August 12, 2000, Abby Morris,
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the company of Pepper, her black Lab. Jay, her husband,
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Sheriff John Butler stood on the rotting back deck,
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The adjacent houses were all dark, the neighbors and their families fast asleep.
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“Don’t go borrowing trouble,” came a soft voice. Janice, Butler’s wife of thirty-two years,
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The sound of balloons popping pulled Deb Cutter from a deep sleep.
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“Randy,”
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Deb knew that Randy was hard on Brock.
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At first, twelve-year-old Josie Doyle and her best friend, Becky Allen, ran toward the loud bangs.
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Ethan were.
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Wylie Lark
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And I gave you the most beautiful name in the world.” The girl smiled. It was a beautiful name.
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Wylie stared down into the black abyss below her.
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It was blocked by something that had lain dormant for years. Something black and oily slid into place and took hold.
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A beam of light bounced against the walls, filling the stairwell with an eerie glimmer. The dizziness subsided and the world righted itself. There was light.
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She would need to go out to the barn.
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a young woman who stared back at him in terror.
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BJA+ED. Becky Jean Allen. Ethan Doyle.
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“Now, Mrs. Henley, you know we need to do all we can to find those girls.