Ana Reyes

A Novel

The House in the Pines

Pia 

After all, this wasn't the first time Maya had wit- nessed someone drop dead in his presence.

This is how every horror movie starts girl 

She was surprised it still worked. She stepped closer as it continued to ring.

“Hey, Gary!” Someone yells. Her smile falls as she sees they're not Gary.

He freezes. "Congrats?" "On the cabin. Maya said you finished it." The hint of amusement vanishes from his face. He glares at Maya. “You told her about my cabin."

estranged from her parents, Maya had a hole in her life-and Frank had seen it as an opportunity.

“Oh, so the other reason I was calling," he adds, "and I hope this isn't weird, but I was wondering if you could hook me up with Aubrev's number?»

There's no way Frank could have carried the supplies needed to build a cabin--the lumber, the stove, two sinks, every one of those chimney stones-all this way on foot.

She imagined standing over him with a knife.

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