Then the phone vibrated. A text from “Unknown”:
Leo opened the app.
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But Timmy was supposed to be at Grandma’s house, three hundred miles away. Leo called. No answer. He texted. Nothing.
And somewhere in the dark, three hundred miles away, Charles skittered closer to Grandma’s house.
Then the phone vibrated. A text from “Unknown”:
Leo opened the app.
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Leo’s hand shook as he tried to delete the app. It wouldn’t delete. It just laughed—a low, scratchy, steam-engine whistle that played from the speaker at full volume. Then the phone vibrated
But Timmy was supposed to be at Grandma’s house, three hundred miles away. Leo called. No answer. He texted. Nothing. the one with the dinosaur patch
And somewhere in the dark, three hundred miles away, Charles skittered closer to Grandma’s house.