(Ashley)
I was in the kitchen when the knock came.
It was just after ten in the morning. Vaughn was still in his room. I had been up for a while already, moving around the house quietly the way I did on my days off when I had nowhere to be.
I was not expecting anyone.
I went to the door and opened it.
A man I did not recognize was standing on the step. He was holding an envelope and he looked at me the way people looked at you when they already knew who you were.
"Ashley Haynes?" he said.
"Yes."
He held out the envelope. "You've been served."
I took it without thinking. He was already walking back down the path before I had even looked at what was in my hand.
I closed the door.
I stood in the hallway and looked at the envelope. My name was on the front. Ashley Haynes. Printed cl
