The Inn Between
“Kara sprang from the bed. “Mom! Dad!”
Quinn tried to hold her back in case it was the crazy man, but Kara was already opening it.
Persephone stood in the hallway, looking pleasantly into the room. “Hello, girls. I’ve come for Joe.”
She extended her hand—a long, thin hand with that pale translucent skin that gave Quinn the creeps. Joe moved toward her.
Instinctively Quinn stretched out an arm to bar his path. “He’s not going with you,” she said firmly. “He’s staying with us.”
Then someone else a...ppeared beside Persephone. It was the old woman with cotton-candy hair and crinkly gray eyes. Quinn had seen her in the restaurant earlier that morning.
“Grandma?” shouted Joe, charging through Quinn’s barrier, past Persephone. He threw himself into the old woman’s arms. “But…?”
“Time to go, Joey,” she whispered, smoothing his hair, gripping him tightly.
Joe squeezed hard for a moment, and then drew back still holding her hands. “But … Adam?” he said softly.MoreLess
Quinn tried to hold her back in case it was the crazy man, but Kara was already opening it.
Persephone stood in the hallway, looking pleasantly into the room. “Hello, girls. I’ve come for Joe.”
She extended her hand—a long, thin hand with that pale translucent skin that gave Quinn the creeps. Joe moved toward her.
Instinctively Quinn stretched out an arm to bar his path. “He’s not going with you,” she said firmly. “He’s staying with us.”
Then someone else a...ppeared beside Persephone. It was the old woman with cotton-candy hair and crinkly gray eyes. Quinn had seen her in the restaurant earlier that morning.
“Grandma?” shouted Joe, charging through Quinn’s barrier, past Persephone. He threw himself into the old woman’s arms. “But…?”
“Time to go, Joey,” she whispered, smoothing his hair, gripping him tightly.
Joe squeezed hard for a moment, and then drew back still holding her hands. “But … Adam?” he said softly.MoreLess
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