The Stranger in the Rain: A Secret Hidden in the Forest

car had broken down in the middle of nowhere.

“Tell me again why we didn’t stay home?” Ava groaned, wrapping her arms around herself.

Maya forced a smile.

“Because Grandma would have killed us if we missed her birthday.”

Ava laughed nervously.

The sound disappeared into the roar of the storm.

Then the engine sputtered.

Once.

Twice.

And died.

The steering wheel continue reading …