Chapter 110

Olivia froze. The moment her runaway thoughts snapped back to reality, she whipped around and grabbed Claire tightly. "Who's—who's out there?” Claire’s heart was pounding like crazy. They locked eyes, and the same memory hit them both—was this another gas explosion scenario? They checked the time. Exactly midnight. “Ding dong—” The doorbell rang again. The sound was just as creepy as a horror movie jump scare. Instinctively, they took a step back, putting more distance between them and the door. Just moments ago, Olivia was all bold and fearless, but now her face was clearly pale with fear. “Okay, be real with me—did you sneak a second dinner and order takeout again?” Olivia tried to act calm, but her voice was shaking like crazy. “…” Claire knew she was just trying to keep it together and not lose it completely. Claire tugged her back onto the couch. “Let’s just ignore it. Pretend we didn’t hear anything.” Olivia nodded. “Yeah.” But just as she finished saying that, she turned her hea