Seven Crumpled Dollar Bills on a Pine Table in Michigan

sat at the pine table, her fingers tracing the edge of her blue wrist brace. Tyler sat on a wooden stool near the stove, holding a small plastic dinosaur in his hand.

“We found a place,” Mike said, stepping into the room.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a single brass key.

“It is on the north side,” Mike said. “The neighbors are quiet, and the continue reading …