Hiss-trionics at home
A TRUE STORY
4 min readSep 14, 2021
“Ma……” Ads called as he quickly climbed up the stairs from the basement.
It was his 16th birthday, a sweltering evening in August. I was in the kitchen, having just popped the cake frosting into the fridge to cool it down before I worked on the cake again.
Clutching his phone in one hand, he walked towards me, his expression unreadable as always.
“Don’t panic. But….I think there is a snake in the basement.”