Secrets At the Chocolate Mansion (2013)
“It was nice to be distracted from the fact that Milo was ignoring me, and that I had a big mystery to solve with basically zero leads.
Of course, once I was in bed that night, all the stress and worry came rushing back. I couldn’t sleep because my mind kept going back over the day’s weirdness. The harsh sound of shattering glass replayed in my head, which just reminded me of the broken mirror at Nofarm’s house. Which brought me back to the whole Milo situation.
At some point in the night I must...’ve drifted off to sleep, because hours later I woke up in a cold sweat. My hair was plastered to my face, and I huffed and puffed like some big bad wolf trying to blow down a house. My heart raced as if I’d been sprinting for miles.
“Are you okay?” asked Finn, who must’ve heard me from the other side of the room.
“No,” I said. “I mean, yeah. I’m fine.” I looked around the room. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, the bedroom furniture came into focus—bookshelf dividing my side of the room from Finn’s to my left, desk straight ahead, fireplace facade to the right.MoreLess
Of course, once I was in bed that night, all the stress and worry came rushing back. I couldn’t sleep because my mind kept going back over the day’s weirdness. The harsh sound of shattering glass replayed in my head, which just reminded me of the broken mirror at Nofarm’s house. Which brought me back to the whole Milo situation.
At some point in the night I must...’ve drifted off to sleep, because hours later I woke up in a cold sweat. My hair was plastered to my face, and I huffed and puffed like some big bad wolf trying to blow down a house. My heart raced as if I’d been sprinting for miles.
“Are you okay?” asked Finn, who must’ve heard me from the other side of the room.
“No,” I said. “I mean, yeah. I’m fine.” I looked around the room. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, the bedroom furniture came into focus—bookshelf dividing my side of the room from Finn’s to my left, desk straight ahead, fireplace facade to the right.MoreLess
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