Act I The food box was already open when Claire Morgan pointed toward the small sign beside the tasting counter. Cold meats, crackers, and snacks covered part…

Act I The dog started barking before twenty-two-year-old Claire Benson had even removed her helmet. She had just rolled her electric delivery bike beneath the covered walkway…

Act I A few drops of water struck the black car door. That was all. Thirty-eight-year-old Dana Mitchell lowered the garden hose immediately, the spray collapsing into…

Act I The wooden fence barely reached Henry Wallace’s waist, but his neighbor still leaned across it as if he owned everything beneath the branches. The old…

Act I The small dog barely reached the edge of the lawn before the homeowner came charging from the porch. Seventy-nine-year-old Walter Hayes had already bent down…

Act I The wooden gate slammed inward while the leaf fire was already dying. Forty-five-year-old Laura Bennett stood beside a small metal burn bin with a watering…

Act I The soccer ball struck the black car door with a soft thump. Thirteen-year-old Noah Miller froze. Rain had left the suburban street slick, and the…

Act I The repair plan landed face-down in cement dust before the drill had even stopped spinning. Thirty-four-year-old Rachel Monroe stood beside the half-repaired wall of the…

Act I The balloons had barely stopped rolling when thirty-six-year-old Rachel Parker moved in front of her daughter. A guest’s sedan was parked partly across the neighboring…