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Elisha: I guess my cookies did more than they were supposed to. (winking emoji)
Me: What? Ewww. No way. He forbade me from driving in the storm.
Elisha: Forbade? OK, Jane Austen.
Me: (eye-rolling emoji)
Elisha: You better get the books!
Me: He said if I stayed, he’d give them to me.
Elisha: Interesting. Also, creepy.
Me: Don’t worry. I just locked the door to this guest room.
Elisha: RememberThe Secret Gardenmovie?
Me: (eye-rolling emoji) I’ll be fine. I’m sure he won’t sneak in here through a secret passage.
Elisha: Do you have Felipe with you?
Me: I do.
Elisha: Good. Stay safe.
Me: Will do.
I send my parents a text to let them know where I am and then put my phone down and curl up on the bed in between the dogs. This has got to be the strangest day I’ve had lately…maybe ever. Things could definitely not get weirder. That’s for sure.
CHAPTERFIVE
Adam
Beep. Beep. Beep.
I groan as I roll over and tell my alarm to turn off. The room is quiet. Very quiet. And that’s when I remember two things. One, my dogs are in the blue guest room on the far side of the house with my unexpected houseguest who holds some strange power over them. And two, it snowed last night. I wonder how much we ended up getting.
Instead of checking my weather app, I get out of bed and walk over to the blackout curtains covering my balcony doors. Flinging them open, I stare out into…a blizzard?
“What in the actual fuck?” I mutter.
I walk back over to my phone and pull up the weather app.
Warning.
Blizzard conditions for East Provincial County will continue through the day. Wind gusts over 50 miles per hour are expected. Snow accumulation is twenty-eight to thirty inches. Expect whiteout conditions through late afternoon. Snow is expected to taper overnight with a light snow continuing tomorrow. An additional 2–4 inches is expected tomorrow.
I’m about to click on the interactive radar map when a text message pops up.
Cory: Your 9 a.m. is now virtual. Flights are suspended.
Guess I’m not taking the helicopter.
Another message pops up.
Mrs. Potter: Good morning, dear. Mr. Potter and I are snowed in out here. I packed some extra meals last night just in case. They are labeled and in the freezer. Hopefully, Ben will be able to get the paths plowed tomorrow. Let me know if you need anything and I’ll do my best.
Me: Please stay put. I’ll be fine.
