Morning Intruders

HAZEL

The giggling outside the bedroom door cuts off so fast, it might as well have been sliced with a knife. That silence tells me everything.

A whisper slips through the wood. "I told you! They heard us!"

"You laughed first."

Wait, how much did they hear?

My soul packs a bag, books a one-way ticket, and sprints for the nearest airport.

Cade looks back at me and whispers, "They've been