Betrayal for a Ghost

Vittoria

The engine purred as I pulled into the driveway, but my hands were trembling too badly to cut it. The gates closed behind me with their usual mechanical groan, and for a moment I just sat there, staring through the windshield at the house that suddenly felt too big, too silent, too heavy with everything I'd just done.

My pulse hadn't stopped racing since I left the water park. The night a