Last Minute Boarder, Chapter 9 Scene 3: Bread Crumbs

After Oma had gone Anni sat in the dark, fighting sleep, trying to remember getting into her bed and yet here she was under the covers with her eyes wide open. At least they felt wide open. The blackout curtains darkened the room so well that she wasn’t sure where she was. She clicked on the lamp—almost 12:30, which meant more than two hours had passed since she entered her room and felt Oma’s presence. Had she dreamed it? No, her grandmother had left a clear sign of her presence in her wake, a kind of strange energy that made the air electric and . . . blue. That was the only way to describe the spiritual fog that lingered after her grandmother had faded away.