I shut my grandmother’s screen door behind me.

She’d been petrified as I carried her away from the courtyard completely unaware that she’d attempted to hurt me. I would have been angry but the culprit was dead. There was nothing I could do about what happened to her.

At least she’d been cured. I didn’t have to worry about her turning into a giant monster every night.

When I made it back to the courtyard, it was empty. I searched the side streets, attempting to ...