Chapter 5

Kevin's wife didn't call back.

The counterattack came fast.

By that evening, a world-shaking din began thundering down from the floor above.

They were pounding on the floor, sending tremors through my ceiling until the chandeliers were literally rattling in their sockets.

When they got tired of that, they started dragging heavy furniture across the floor, a grinding noise that made my skin crawl.

At 3:00 AM, the heavy metal started. They cranked the volume until the walls themselves started to throb.

The group chat exploded.

Message after message appeared, all tagging Kevin and Megan, demanding they shut the music…