“Tripp,” she said as she stepped inside and closed the door behind her. “You"re early.” The automatic door lock clicked. She turned and reset the lock to open. “How did you get in?”
“Your doors were unlocked. I called out, and nobody come.” The look in his eyes was sinister. His eyeballs seemed to bulge out of their sockets.
Tripp lied. She unlocked the new deadbolts when she arrived home, but the new locks locked themselves when the doors were closed. Playing it safe until six o"clock, she hadn"t yet set the locks open for the deputies. Tripp must have picked a lock! Considering she had disarmed the alarm system when she came inside, had he come in during the few minutes she took to change her clothes? “And you just decided to walk in?” she asked, trying to sound jovial.
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