The Truth They Left Behind

that shook the very bones of

solidified, pointing directly at us. I tried to warn them, but Jennifer, my mother, just w

hick," he'd said, using the nickname he'd given me the day I a

s, leaving me to secure the patio furniture and board up the lower windows alone. N

t a flash of lightning illuminated the horrifying sight of the ceiling above the grand staircase starting to

d towards them. "Get up!" I screamed, my voice swallowed by the storm's roar. I shoved Jennife

my back screaming in protest. Just as I got them clear, the entire ceiling and a massive section of the se

ttled, a new sound reached us-a f

fer shrieked, su

hangover forgotten. "

rate energy they didn't have for their own survival. I saw her then,

Jennifer and Matthew immediately started screaming, waving their a

panic and concern. As the rescue team worked to free her, they rushed t

st me, their eyes fixed only on Sabrina. They didn't see the blood soaking my hands, shredded from something I'd done bef

a clear signal that the worst was not yet over. They had their favored