The House in the Pines

by Ana Reyes

Get a good night’s sleep, because when you wake, this house will be gone.

Maya’s about to tell her about Frank when Aubrey says, “I decided to apply to LSU. Not this year, obviously, but next.” “What? Oh my god!” “I know!” “Why LSU?” Aubrey thinks Louisiana is cool, all the bayous and Spanish moss and Mardi Gras in New Orleans. She wants to catch beads at a rowdy parade.