Chapter Nine
WHEN DIMITRI PULLED up into the family driveway, a car he didn’t recognize parked in front of the house. Lainie didn’t tell me we had company. He parked behind the strange vehicle, shut off his engine, and slid out of the driver’s seat and into the humid North Carolina night. He hadn’t taken two steps toward the front door, though, when the door exploded open with a jerk, and Lainie stormed out and down the front steps. “Un-f*****g-believable!” she shouted as she hit the walkway and turned toward the woods.
Dimitri could see the beginning of her shift and called out to her, stopping her from completing the transformation. “Hey, what’s happening? Whose car is that?” he asked, pointing to the strange vehicle.
Lainie spun, pointing at the house as she snarled, “Our dear father
