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"Why?" he said more firmly.
She huffed in frustration. "It's my parents old place, okay?"
"Your parents?" he said.
"It's a long story."
"We have time."
"Maybe I don't want to talk about it?"
"Fine. Then I can drop you off at home, and you can make your own travel arrangements," he said.
She stared at him. Part of her was irritated, but another part of her realized there was more bite to this golden retriever than she'd first assumed.
She felt a grudging admiration for his backbone.
She said, "My parents disappeared when I was ten. I was raised by my aunt. The case was never solved. Someone's been messing with things at my parents' house, and now they triggered the camera."
She said it deadpan, as if daring him to make a big deal out of it.
"That enough for you to start?"
He gaped.
"Y-yeah. Shit. Really? How come I didn't know all that?"
"Why should you have?" she retorted.
But before she could say anything rude, or allow her defensiveness to create friction, her phone buzzed again.
She stared at the screen and went still.
Not one trespasser. No...
Three of them.
Three figures in dark hoods, hiding their faces and moving around her parents' old place.
Their postures were slouched, their voices low as they whispered incoherently.
Whoever they were, they were clearly up to no good.
"Here's the address," she said, turning her phone to Ethan. "Now, please,step on it."
