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After watching Becca run up the stairs Crane had followed her and found her outside. She was sitting on the grass, hyperventilating. He knelt beside her and was a bit shocked to see that she was crying.
Becca never cried.
Well, almost never. There were a few times when she had cried in front of him, but only when she was upset or scared. Deciding it was because of the latter, he tried to think of what scared her. Then it hit him.
Becca had arachnophobia; she was afraid of spiders.
Oops.
Becca seemed to calm down a bit and when she did, she stood up and went back inside. She came back out with her jacket and the keys to her bike. She held out her hand for her phone, which was still in his pocket, and then she headed for the garage. "Call me after you get rid of it and have the basement sterilized. I'll be at Ivy's until then."
After getting rid of Daisy and cleaning the basement—five times, because that was the minimum number of times it had to be sterilized before she agreed to come back—Becca was back in the house. Everything was back to normal.
Well, almost. It took a month for Becca to be able to pass the basement without shuddering.