Chapter 26: Trespasser
Lockland, Ohio
Wake up, Paul said, pulling me out of sleep. There’s someone outside the cabin.
Sander snored beside me. His chest rose and fell in the moonlight’s white-silver beams of light that entered through the bedroom’s only window. It somewhat sounded as if he were gagging instead of snoring.
Paul barked at me, Let him sleep! You have work to do without him.
What kind of work, Paul?
Stick with me, kid, and you’ll find out.
My watch said three o’clock in the morning after I sat up in the bed.
Paul said to my mind, Intruder. Interloper. Trespasser. Get ready for some action, guy. It’s going to get crazy.
Who is it? I thought.
Paul didn’t respond, though, vanished from my world for the next few minutes.
My heart raced and thumped within my ears. Saliva
