Ethan figured out the last clue before the time was up, and Jesse declared us victors. I gave Ethan all the credit, but he insisted I helped. I just wasn’t sure how. Jesse showed us through the other rooms he was working on when we were done. He had plans for a haunted living room, a “trapped in the basement” room, and a psycho chef kitchen room. I loved that they were all ordinary rooms you would find in a house but with a twist that gave you a sense of urgency about getting out.
“I considered a monsters under the bed thing, but I worried that could be a little too real. I wanted something a family could do together.”
I shook my head. “My kids wouldn’t do well with that. They’d never sleep again if they thought there was a monster under their bed.”
Jesse nodded. “Yeah, I heard that fro
