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I leaned on my shovel, freshly churned and dirt at my feet.

A small oak sapling lay nearby, rich loam, still clinging to its exposed roots.

Gazing out at the trail of dust, kicked up by the cruiser's tires, I tried my best not to let panic creep back into my chest, and it

took all I had not to turn my head to look at the tree line some 200 yards to my right. I could

feel him watching me, Or it. The afternoon sunlight glinted

off the cruiser's windshield, prompting me to squint as the vehicle pulled up in front of the

low ranch-style house I'd bought. Only bought wasn't quite the right word. I didn't own it outright. I had a mortgage, and the monthly

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