I was waiting for those details to crop up again! The door closing had woken him up, and then he found a body = my head screaming “inconsistency!” But you resolved that bit effortlessly.

Ooh, great job keeping the story straight and using it for one heck of a cliffhanger here. Beautiful use of cooperative story telling.

Merry Monthquel!

Nice. I love this continuation. I dig the idea of someone being loose in the house with him. Is he the killer or the next victim? Maybe there’s a witness to snuff.