I read this last night and then got sidetracked... but, I was really impressed- still am! ;)
It gave me goosebumps, you know. You do have this way of presenting everything kind of normal like and then inserting little things that make the reader realize, no, something is definitely going to happen here. Something not quite right here... it's amazing, really.
And you seem to know so much about your characters and the setting and where the piece is going!
I don't have that yet in my writing, at least not my prose.
You do, my friend- in spades.
Bravo.
Can't wait for the next installment!
:D