I Couldn’t Remember Hearing Anyone Come Back Upstairs

up there?”

Melissa didn’t answer him.

She looked at me and gave the tiniest shake of her head.

Once.

That was it.

Small enough I might’ve missed it if I had blinked.

My skin went cold.

Dylan heard none of this and kept talking. “Nat. Tell me what’s happening.”

I made myself say, louder than I wanted, “I just couldn’t sleep.”

Melissa swallowed.

The man smiled.continue reading …