#Chapter 149 Cottage In The Woods

Emily The road stretches out in front of me like it has no end. A long, winding dirt path cuts through the trees, so narrow I wonder more than once if I’ve taken a wrong turn. My hands tighten on the steering wheel as another branch scrapes against the side of the car, loud and sudden like a warning. I press forward anyway. The silence out here is strange. Not peaceful just…still. Too still. Every bump in the road rattles through me. Every shadow between the trees feels like it’s watching. I keep checking the address Wanda gave me even though I’ve already memorized the golden letters on the card. I know exactly where I’m going and yet I keep having to force myself to make for sure that I am in the right direction. Maybe this is my mind’s way of telling me no. That this is a bad idea. Eventually, through the dense green, the cottage appears. It’s… beautiful. More beautiful than I expected it to be. The wooden frame is dark, well-kept, like it’s been treated and retreated wit