hear from her again for almost an hour.
Then my phone exploded.
Melissa.
Kyle.
Mom.
Melissa again.
I ignored all of them.
Then I received a text from Kyle.
This isn’t funny.
I replied with four words.
I didn’t make it funny.
At 6:03 p.m., Daniel called.
“Everything is ready.”
“Good.”
“Your family is going to notice soon.”
“They already know.”
Daniel chuckled.
“Well, they don’t know everything.”
“I’ll let them discover the rest.”
At 6:15 p.m., the lights inside the house went out.
Not completely.
