~STEVE’S HOUSE~

As Veronica slowly opened her eyes, she thought to herself , “where am I?”

The room seemed to spin around her for a moment, but she closed her eyes immediately and took a few slow, deep breaths. When she opened them again, the dizziness had passed, and the first thing that hit her was the complete silence that enveloped the room for like a split second. Aside from the voices she could hear far away in the distance, the room was extremely quiet.

Despite the fact that ...