Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Grandpa’s Arrival

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Before six in the morning, in a worn-down but not-quite-old apartment complex in Averton, furious pounding exploded through the hallway and straight into the west-side unit on the eighth floor.

The noise hit so suddenly it made two-and-a-half-year-old Nina jump, her big eyes filling with tears.

She reached out her pudgy little hands and pushed at her mother-still lying there, burning with fever and completely unresponsive.

“Mommy… door…” Nina whimpered.

“Knock knock… someone knock…”