Chapter 16
The days that followed Rosemary’s Tuesday night dinner with her mother seemed interminable, but possibly that was only because nothing of any note occurred to break up the monotony. Yes, the McGuire family converged on her house on Thursday night to look for more sigils — they found none, though — followed by a thorough cleansing, but even then, nothing tried to stop them from ritually smudging every room, or walking through the place afterward holding white candles as they murmured ancient invocations of protection. She wondered if she should have an alarm system installed — an expensive security measure that she’d been doing her best to avoid — but then decided to leave it alone for now. Although she hated the noise of the construction zone next door, she had to admit that ha
