My Son’s Warning at the Airport Changed Everything

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I parked on a side road, engine off, headlights dark.

Our house sat there like always. Porch light on. Curtains drawn. Quiet.

We waited.

Minutes passed.

Then a dark van turned onto our street.

It moved too slowly. Too deliberately.

It stopped in front of our house.

Two men stepped out.

They weren’t delivery drivers. They weren’t neighbors.

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