Chapter 16
The wind made the tree limbs creak. Leaves came off and scratched the window. I lay in bed and couldn’t go back to sleep. I heard music, Beethoven’s “Fur Elise,” my grandmother’s favorite but I knew she wasn’t alive to play it. Then my grandma’s cuckoo clock chimed in the background.
I thought that was broken?
I walked out into the hallway. Apple pie smell wafted around the house but no one was in the kitchen. My bare feet felt the cool tile. I took some milk from the refrigerator and poured. It smelled rancid.
I heard a tap at the window near the door. It must be after midnight. I walked up to the window. No one there.
Hmmm. Must be rain.
Then I heard a soft tap on the door. I froze. Chel was with Elena tonight. I was alone.
No, I must be imagining someone because it was
