Because something had giggled. A soft, childish, gurgling giggle. It came from the dumpster.
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Casey was wiping fake blood off her corsage—a clumsy nosebleed from when Derek tried to drift the Crown Vic into the turnout. The other three: Derek (captain of the lacrosse team, regretting the whiskey), Maya (valedictorian, holding a tire iron), and Finn (the quiet one, who had seen every horror movie twice) were arguing about whether the tow truck would arrive before their cell service did. Because something had giggled
Then the lights went out.
Finn looked at Maya. She was crying. He took out his lighter. Not the power—the light
Finn grabbed Maya’s arm. “The freezer. Walk-in.”
No one heard the engine at first. Not a car engine. Something smaller. Higher pitched. A whirring, like a sewing machine being fed barbed wire.