Intro: Samantha and Addison are childhood friends and once in a while, their family gets together for vacations

Chapter One – The Arrival

The drive down had been long, filled with half-asleep parents and static from the radio that kept cutting in and out. By the time the car pulled into the long gravel driveway of the beach house, Samantha was already groaning.

“God, this place hasn’t changed in twenty years,” she muttered, pressing her forehead against the window.

Addison leaned over from the other side, her eyes flicking to the familiar wooden deck, the pale shutters, the faded swing chair creaking in the wind. She smiled. “That’s kind of...