I laughed nervously.
“Grandpa, what are you talking about?”
He didn’t smile.
“Come home with me tonight. Please.”
I hesitated.
Then he leaned forward.

“And don’t tell your mother.”
My stomach tightened.
“Why not?”
“Because she would stop us.”
I should have refused.
But this was my grandfather, the man who had loved me all my life.
So I agreed.
When we arrived at his house, he immediately locked the front door.
I heard the heavy bolt slide into place.
“Grandpa, why are you locking it?”
“For our safety.”
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Then he placed the key inside his jacket pocket.
I tried to convince myself that everything was normal.
But upstairs, I noticed something strange.
The door to my grandmother’s old bedroom had been covered with a heavy curtain.
And from behind that curtain came a faint clicking sound.
“What’s in there?” I asked.