Something in the Walls
His parents, increasingly uneasy, called the air conditioning company to come to check out what had happened. She was told that an animal had perhaps gotten caught in the walls or the vents and died. They arrived that afternoon—a day that Grady would never forget.
Horrifying Discovery
The smell was the worst in Grady's room. The air conditioning repairman gathered to unscrew his vent and find out what animal had died. His family stood in the doorway, waiting. However, when they opened the vent, the repairman grew pale.