Chapter 69

Theodore takes me all the way to the front door and I say 'goodnight' and 'thank you' before he leaves. The house is empty, Gail and Theresa being gone by now. I've never liked the feeling of an empty house because it feels eerily full when I'm the only one home. All of the stray bumps and creeks spook me like a child. When I was younger, and when my mother would be gone at night, I would stay strictly in my bedroom with the door shut. Every light would be on in my safe space because for some...