The Fifth Chair

Valerie's POV

The buzzing neighbourhood was a stark contrast to the emptiness in my mind. None of the things going on around made sense to me, and I wasn't even trying to make sense of any of it.

I tightened my jacket and just stood there, staring at the house. It was just as Nadine had narrated, nothing changed. Same pale bricks. Same half-dead flower pots by the door. Same chipped white paint o