Mason
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Fur.
Then whatever it was shifted, and I saw the side of a deer's head.
A deer was standing on the back porch with its face inches from the door.
I jerked back so fast I hit my shoulder on the wall.
For one second I almost laughed.
Not because it was funny, but because my brain grabbed onto the least terrifying explanation and tried to force it into place.
It's a deer.
A stupid deer walked onto the porch.
It bumped the door.
That's all.
Then it knocked again.
Three times.
Same height.
Same spacing.
A deer can't knock on a door like a person.
A deer can kick, scrape, bump, stumble, rub its head against something.
But this wasn't that.
This was three clean knocks, one after another, with a pause between each one.
I looked through the peephole again.
I wish I hadn't.