The Note on Jolene’s Monitor Said Two Words

noticed first.

Jolene hadn’t run in a panic.

She had cleaned.

The trash was empty. Her framed photo of her niece was gone. The cheap ceramic mug that said “Ask Me About Fraud” was missing from the windowsill. Even the dying fern she’d refused to throw away had been taken.

But she left the door unlocked.

For me.

I checked the drawer under her printer. Empty.continue reading …