Chapter 13 - Alicia and Rose6th Trimont, 308 (Farensday)
“Is someone there?”
Alicia paused in her chores when she thought she heard the sound of the front door open and close. She wasn't expecting anyone. Keeping still, she listened for indications of further activity, but heard nothing.
“Hello?” she said for good measure, but the greeting remained unanswered. Instead, she tuned her ears towards her daughter's room, wondering briefly if the girl had taken the opportunity to go outside and forgot to tell her. As she expected, she heard Rose producing sound effects as she toppled her wooden-block building, leveling her only recently constructed masterpiece of childhood engineering. The blocks clattered against the wooden floor in the playroom.
Smiling, Alicia returned to her chores. As s
