Chapter 13 When the Lights Go Out

By 9:30 P.M., the lights in the Montenegro house begin to go out, one by one. Melissa lies in her new bed, the scent of the mahogany bookshelf a comforting, earthy presence in the dark. She listens to the hum of the heater and the distant, rhythmic ticking of the grandfather clock downstairs.

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