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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Intentional.
Like breadcrumbs.
About twenty minutes up, Nora stopped abruptly and pointed.
A strip of cloth hung from a branch ahead, fluttering slightly.
It was grey.
It looked like a rag until I got close enough to see the stitching.
It was from my shirt.
Not similar.
Mine.
The hem had a small tear from an old accident with a door hinge.
I'd worn that shirt the day before.
I'd taken it off in the cabin and tossed it in my duffel.
I hadn't taken it outside.
The cloth strip was tied to the branch like a marker.
My mouth went dry.
''Yes,'' Nora said, and there was no comfort in the word.
''But how did they get inside?''
''We didn't have an answer.
The cabin had been locked.
We'd been awake.