Serena couldn’t remember how she managed to walk out of the restaurant.

She couldn’t recall much of Olivia’s grumbling along the way either, until she stepped off the car and stood under her apartment building, facing the sticky breeze of the night. Only then did a sliver of clarity return to her.

Once upstairs, the moment she opened her front door, a wave of unease struck her.

She turned on the lights and carefully checked each room—no one was ...