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I stepped through the dark hole Not a hole, a door, though a short, narrow one Duckinght fro room, a few cardboard boxes here and there Scarlett stood over one, trying to angle the tablet so she could see the screen and aiht

"Want so my voice low in the silence of the closet

Scarlett screeched, spinning to facemy eyes She deflated as quickly as she'd snapped to attention, her shoulders sagging as she let out a laughing breath

"Oh,to sneak up on me?"

"A little," I admitted, "but not to scare you Sorry" I looked around the hidden closet, scanning the low ceiling "No light in here?"

"Not that I could see"

"I've got you" I pulled ht came on "Good?"

Scarlett smiled "Perfect"

Under the light fro neatly folded rectangles of fabric Taking one out, she spread the snohite linen over the open box A napkin Scarlett's face fell as she carefully dug through the rest of the box, finding only more white linen She folded the top closed with a slump to her shoulders and moved on

The next box was no -in alarm clock Equally ancient toothbrushes, still in their wrappers A half-eone? We'd never know, and it didn't really matter

Scarlett pushed the box away from the other and uessed was the tablecloth to go with the napkins Scarlett put that one beside the first

With each new box, her eyebrows raised in anticipation With each discovery of more useless junk, her shoulders rounded further Was she disappointed by the lack of art? Or was it ut insisted it was the second option I kneasn't justScarlett was looking for so And whatever it was, she hadn't found it here

The last box examined and set aside, Scarlett handed me the tablet and picked up the boxes of table linens "Savannahus out of the closets and back into the bedroom