Mason
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Podcast Appearances
Like I had refused to say hello at a grocery store.
The dresser scraped again.
The bedroom door bowed inward a little.
Not enough to break.
Just enough for me to hear the wood strain.
I whispered to the dispatcher.
It's in the house.
She told me deputies were close.
She told me to stay hidden if I could.
She said if the person entered the room, I had the right to defend myself.
She said more than that, but I don't remember the words.
I was listening to the door.
The thing outside the bedroom stopped pushing.
For about ten seconds, there was nothing.
Then it knocked on the bedroom door, three times.
I don't know why that was the moment I got angry, but it was.
Not brave, angry.
I had been scared for so long that something in me burned out.
I was tired of it asking to be let in.
I was tired of it wearing voices.