YOUR SISTER TOLD YOU TO HIDE IN THE ATTIC AND NOT TELL YOUR HUSBAND—THEN YOU FOUND THE PASSPORTS UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS

” Caleb says. “He’ll ask for it when he’s scared.”

You close your eyes.

Not because you choose to.

Because your body forgets how to keep them open.

Because he knows.

Because he was there.

Because monsters remember bedtime rituals.

That is the cruelest part of all.

The rescue begins at 3:42 a.m.

You watch from the command room, wrapped in a blanket that smells continue reading …