The young girl called 911 and said, “Daddy’s snake bites me,” but when the cops busted down the door, they saw that the creature merely had a human face and no scales.
As Daniel approached the bedroom, Thomas finally dropped the calm, concerned-father act he had been putting on. He stepped directly into Daniel’s way, driving one shoulder forward as though his own body could become a barrier between the officer and the room. Daniel stopped him before he reached the doorway. Everything happened in an instant. Thomas reached across Daniel’s arm. Daniel turned with the motion, and suddenly the quiet upstairs hallway was filled with shoes scraping against…