The Coffin Of - Andy And Leyley

"I saw Mom today," he said quietly.

Leyley's expression didn't change, but the air got colder. "Mom's dead." the coffin of andy and leyley

Leyley sat up. The butter knife glinted. "The one with the door?" "I saw Mom today," he said quietly

Behind them, the apartment sat hollow and patient, waiting for new ghosts. "I saw Mom today

He didn't ask what she meant. He didn't have to.

That night, they didn't sleep apart. They never did anymore. She pressed her back against his chest, and he wrapped an arm around her waist, and they lay in the dark listening to the building settle—or maybe it was the demon, shifting its weight in the ducts, patient as a spider.