Holt - Mcdougal Literature Interactive Reader Grade 7

I decided to dig. I went to the building’s creepy basement and found old mail in a rusted filing cabinet. Most of it was junk, but one envelope stopped me cold. It was addressed to an apartment —which is my apartment. The name on it: Eleanor Vance.

It wasn’t words, exactly. It was more like the memory of a voice. A soft, hurried hush, like someone on the other side was trying to tell me a secret but couldn’t find the right letters. Holt Mcdougal Literature Interactive Reader Grade 7

Do you think Leo will try to pull Eleanor back? Would you? Why or why not? That night, at 2:17 a.m., I didn’t hear a whisper. I decided to dig

She sighed dramatically. “The chalk broke the loop. For five minutes. So hurry—ask me something important.” It was addressed to an apartment —which is my apartment