As she turned the key, Astrid could feel the old mechanisms sluggishly turning and falling into place in the door that separated her from her new home. She pushed the door open wide with her hip, walking in backwards to easy the bags and boxes she carried throu...

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Astrid pulled her door shut just as she heard footsteps behind her in the hallway.

           “Well looky who it is. Haven’t caught sight of you ...