Allen did something then that chilled Betsy to her core. He gave her a contemptuous look—God, he looked so much like his father then, not hers—and walked up the stairs silently. The utter disregard in his expression cut deeper than any words could.
It began the next night. The ominous events that had unfolded in the house were only the beginning, and Betsy couldn’t escape the feeling that they were on the precipice of a descent into a world of darkness and mystery, with Allen at the center of it all.