Several hours later, Delilah watched Bubba Joe drive the heavy truck his uncle owned back down her driveway with a very quiet DeWayne in the passenger seat. Brogan and the symbiots had removed the burnt remains of the mystery man’s truck. She didn’t ask them where they had put it or how they did it. At this point, she didn’t honestly care. She was still too shaken by what had happened. Delilah had been impressed with how professional DeWayne had become once he went into his lawyer mode. After several hours of discussion, Delilah had finally accepted that there was no way she could stay here. DeWayne had been the calm voice of reason. While Brogan and Barrack had made good points, they had both been more emotional. The decision to leave was hard. The things in this house – and the house

