Chapter 3 - The Woman on the PorchThree quiet days passed.
Then, just after sunset, the porch camera sent an alert.
David opened the feed.
His blood turned cold.
His mother stood outside.
She wasn't knocking.
She wasn't calling.
She simply stood beneath the porch light, staring directly into the camera.
In her hand was a small brown package.
"Who is it?" Leah whispered.
David's voice hardened.
"Don't move."
Through the camera's speaker, he ordered his mother to leave.
She didn't argue.
She simply placed the package on the welcome mat and walked into the darkness.
Twenty minutes later, David retrieved it.
Inside was a beautiful hand-knitted baby blanket.
For one brief second, Leah almost cried from relief.
Then David noticed something sewn into its center.
A dried green herb leaf.
His stomach tightened.
The blanket wasn't a gift.
It was a message.
I can still reach you.
David photographed everything and placed the evidence inside a lockbox.
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That night, he called the police.
The war had officially begun.
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