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“This is where it gets stranger,” Ava said and crossed her legs. “From what | found out, the mother got really
obsessed with finding her son. She quit her job, cut off all her friends, and went into debt, hiring a bunch of
private investigators. She barely ate or slept. The only thing she cared about was finding her son.”
“That poor woman.”
“I know, it's awful,” Ava agreed. “So, eye witnesses claim to have seen the boy’s mother make a few trips to the
Windsor family home. Two weeks after that, she died from a gas explosion. Her ex-husband had been in the
house too, and they both died on impact from the explosion.”
My blood turned to ice. “Are you serious? That can’t be a coincidence!”
“I agree, but I'll have a hell of a tproving that it wasn’t,” she said and sighed.
We were quiet for a moment, and then | told Ava about how Ethan askedto write a letter of understanding
for Chole. My friend's eyes widened as | detailed my ex-husband’s threats to my family and how he had locked
“He is such an asshole,” Ava muttered after | was finished.
“You're telling me,” | said and grabbed a throw blanket to coversince this whole eerie situation was making
Ethan's threats today, along with the bizarre way that the boy’s parents
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had died after going over to the Windsor family home, made the hair on my arms stand. Fear clawed up my
throat as | thought about my family’s safety and the fact that Ethan could go after Ava, too, since she was
helping me.
Ava put a reassuring arm around me. “I'm so sorry that Ethan did that to you,” she said with anger in her voice.
“He is such a bastard for threatening you and your family!”
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| leaned into her comforting touch, and my heart rate lowered slightly.
Then, the doorbell rang, makingjump about five feet into the air.
Ava whipped her head to stare atwith panic in her eyes. “The gas explosion,” she hissed.
“That's what | automatically thought of, too,” | whispered back. “Who would be at the door this late at night? |
don’t think we should answer it.”
“At least | have an electric oven, not gas,” Ava joked, but her voice was shaking slightly.
“Maybe we should go stand in the hallway,” | suggested. “So, they can’ t hear us.”
Ava nodded in agreement.
But as soon as we went to another room, my stomach dropped to the ground, and I let out a squeak of fear.
“Be quiet, or whoever is at the door will hear us,” Ava muttered.
“Look!” | said and pointed in the direction of her balcony.
That was when a large gust of cold wind blew through the room,
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making my whole body shiver. Ava’s white curtains were billowing because the glass doors of her balcony had
been thrown open.
“Did you forget to close your doors before you left your apartment,” | asked hopefully as my stomach stiffened
with fear.
Ava met my eyes, and | could see the panic that was flowing throughmirrored in her wide eyes.
“No, Olivia. | clearly remember closing the doors and locking them,” she uttered.
“That means that someone is the house,” | murmured as my heart slammed against my rib cage.
The doorbell rang once more. Then, someone began to pound on the door.
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increased. From where we were
standing, | could see that her wooden
front door was shaking from how
hard the person was pounding on it.
| looked at Ava, but she no longer seemed scared. Her face was no longer pale, and now she looked nothing but
determined.
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“Good idea,” | said as a shot of adrenaline pumped through me. Her courage was helpingnot be as afraid.
“I left my phone by the couch,” Ava said.
too.”
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Together, we began to walk back to
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“No!” Ava yelled in frustration. “They must have messed with the circuit breakers.”
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