The Overnight Guest
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Read between March 18 - March 24, 2024
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When one ran out of things to say, there was always the weather.
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How did he end up here? Who did he belong to? She had to wait for those answers. At any rate it looked like she was going to have an overnight guest.
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Sixty minutes later, Deputy Levi Robbins was summoned to the bloodiest crime scene in Blake County history.
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It isn’t the dark you should be afraid of, the girl thought, it’s the monsters who step out into the light that you need to fear.
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Tacked to the wood-paneled walls were posters of Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, and the Backstreet Boys.
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Becky listened to pop music, read books from the Goosebumps and The Baby-Sitters Club series,
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Homes were supposed to be safe havens, meant to protect. It was supposed to be a shelter from the elements, a fortress to keep out evil, and her home had betrayed Josie in the worst possible way.
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He was a dignified-looking dog with a wrinkled face and solemn brown eyes. He seemed to understand the gravity of his work, understood that people depended on him to bring their loved ones home. He took his job very seriously.