I Hired A Cleaner While My Family Was Away. An Hour Later, She Called Whispering:

hear her trying not to breathe over the receiver. “Because I think someone is upstairs.”

“That’s impossible,” I said, my heart pounding against my ribs.

“I saw her,” Wendy insisted, her voice breaking. “She’s just standing there. Right outside the study.”

I stood up so fast my chair crashed to the floor. “Get out right now. Lock the door behind you. I’m continue reading …