Matt
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
No monster.
No eyes in the dark.
Nothing you can point to.
Just a sound that made four adults act like kids who heard a door creak upstairs.
On the drive back, Jonah tried to rationalize it.
Could have been a fox.
I heard foxes can sound like… Marin cut him off.
Don't.
Her tone wasn't angry.
It was final.
Jonah looked out the window and didn't say much after that.
Back at the house, we didn't bring it up immediately.
We ate.
We rested.
We tried to keep the day normal.
But I noticed Maren talking quietly with her aunt in the kitchen, heads close.
I caught a word here and there, not enough to piece together.
Her aunt glanced toward the window a few times like she was checking the yard without making it obvious.
That night, the dogs started barking.
There were at least two dogs on the property, and a couple more that belonged to neighbors within shouting distance.