![]() ![]() In the hallway, Brendan passed three photos of the home’s former owners: the Kristoffs. This way, if anybody entered his room while he was at school, he would know. He hopped down and folded the steps back behind him, tucking the rope that hung from the trapdoor inside, so it dangled down several inches less than normal. The trapdoor swung away, unfolding into steps that led from the attic to the hallway below. ![]() Besides, it was one of the least weird things about his life. Sometimes he thought it was strange that his room was actually the attic of a three-story, Victorian-style house, but mostly he thought it was cool. He turned away from his laptop and went to the trapdoor that was the only exit out of his room. If the package didn’t arrive at his house by eight, how could he go to school? he had even woken up continually during the night to hit Refresh on the FedEx tracking page. He had selected FedEx First Overnight on the website he had confirmed that in his zip code (in Sea Cliff, in San Francisco), First Overnight meant eight a.m. ![]() Brendan Walker knew the package would be there by eight a.m. ![]()
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