Chapter 15
Tuesday morning. The start of my second week back in Accident. So far, things were normal. No sign of the curse. However, over the next few days as I settled into a routine of working during the day, seeing Colten in the evening, I began to feel its presence.
If I turned my head quickly, I could see the vague outline of a dark shape. When I focused, it wasn’t there, of course, but my arms still tingled at the half-glimpsed shadow.
My determination warded it off. I refused to fall back under its spell. Or maybe it was the fact I was visiting. I used that logic to make it stay away.
The next Monday, I took Dad to the doctor’s office. His leg was healing fine, better than expected, actually. He set up another checkup in two weeks, with the hopes he could return to work with a d
