Chapter 31 The First Lie
Dawn turns the kitchen into a confession booth.
The light is thin and pale, barely more than a suggestion, slipping through the blinds in narrow stripes that cut across the counters and the floor. The house is quiet in the way only early morning can be, before voices and needs and decisions arrive ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Postcard
2. Chapter 2 The Attic
3. Chapter 3 Eli
4. Chapter 4 The Drawing
5. Chapter 5 The Woman in the Yard
6. Chapter 6 The Midnight Call
7. Chapter 7 The Creek Memory
8. Chapter 8 Naya Arrives
9. Chapter 9 The Second Postcard
10. Chapter 10 The Attic Box
11. Chapter 11 The Warning
12. Chapter 12 Maya's Story
13. Chapter 13 Marcus at the Door
14. Chapter 14 The Shadow at the Window
15. Chapter 15 The Break-In
16. Chapter 16 The Motel Room
17. Chapter 17 The Room Next Door
18. Chapter 18 The Visitor
19. Chapter 19 The Memory Break I
20. Chapter 20 The Memory Break II
21. Chapter 21 The Choice to Remember
22. Chapter 22 The Visitor II
23. Chapter 23 The Quiet House
24. Chapter 24 Old Boxes, New Weight
25. Chapter 25 The First Check In
26. Chapter 26 Almost Normal
27. Chapter 27 The Drawing
28. Chapter 28 Marcus Moves
29. Chapter 29 Naya's Warning
30. Chapter 30 The Voice Pattern
31. Chapter 31 The First Lie
32. Chapter 32 The Follow-Up
33. Chapter 33 Daylight at the Creek
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