"Have you been in the basement?"
The words hung in the dark bedroom like they had a lot of weight, threatening to fall on her and crush her if she didn't answer fast enough.
Autumn's whole body wanted to freeze, but she made herself move, rolling toward him with a small, confused laugh.
"The basement?" she said. "Gabriel, I don't even know how to get down there. Why would you ask me that?"
His eyes searched her face in the dim light. For a second she thought he could see straight through her, all the way down to the memory card hidden in her coat and the fear sitting like ice in her chest.
"I heard noises the other night," she added, keeping her voice soft and a little sleepy. "I thought maybe it was pipes or something. I got curious. That's all. I didn't go looking for anything, I p
