I Let My Sister and Her Kids Move Into My House – Three Months Later, My Neighbor Knocked on My Door and Said, ‘You Need to Check Your Basement. Now’

But it didn’t explain the sound. Or the way my skin prickled like I was being watched.

I took a step forward. That’s when I noticed the tape.

There was duct tape stuck to the concrete floor, forming a rough square around the chair; it was as if someone had marked off a boundary.

“Okay,” I whispered. “Nope.”

I turned, ready continue reading …