The trip through the woods gave her time to gather her courage. She wasn't scared of the girls anymore, at least, even when they flickered in and out around her. Emily found it comforting to have them with her. But the urgency she felt was theirs and she knew she had to hurry.

Emily stumbled into the clearing, spotted the run-down trailer hunched in one corner of the lot, surveyed the overgrown height of the long grass and a few saplings starting to encroach on the empty ...