Our lives changed with just456Please respect copyright.PENANAwKin5SepFa
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body456Please respect copyright.PENANA4CV3KscUdM
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled456Please respect copyright.PENANAx3akLfggka
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire456Please respect copyright.PENANAh67o4LnkcO
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and456Please respect copyright.PENANAJyBVy8jOQn
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had456Please respect copyright.PENANAX4hmhN0TME
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the456Please respect copyright.PENANAFRnHxwhSkk
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best456Please respect copyright.PENANA83jzFnRe9f
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.456Please respect copyright.PENANAJQl6D3bL8n
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to456Please respect copyright.PENANAVF3RD4FguV
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the456Please respect copyright.PENANARVsLRQmikY
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We456Please respect copyright.PENANAkhNNtFpSsB
have no time. Let’s leave now!” I stated as I pulled my tote bag along with me.
I know I was being quite bossy and456Please respect copyright.PENANARiJdtVsb3q
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted456Please respect copyright.PENANAqnkt0pmbZn
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.456Please respect copyright.PENANAyIg8L2d5vZ
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer456Please respect copyright.PENANAM6o1Wygvcs
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I456Please respect copyright.PENANAtZkEzUyhI4
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the456Please respect copyright.PENANAIqehOw6ILC
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.456Please respect copyright.PENANAUyE3vLXYHC
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the456Please respect copyright.PENANAhwxvFaNnWq
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred456Please respect copyright.PENANACTYXCTTK5o
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of456Please respect copyright.PENANAZYynOb9jdR
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped456Please respect copyright.PENANAx2hNTU1AVT
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced456Please respect copyright.PENANAIyWcKfmmY0
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd456Please respect copyright.PENANA5RVxmHSHOR
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest456Please respect copyright.PENANA2YvGaOnBiE
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring456Please respect copyright.PENANAKNiSjs2fad
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was456Please respect copyright.PENANAAqZgcMAG15
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she456Please respect copyright.PENANAYY49Xzxt5j
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her456Please respect copyright.PENANA9TCiGHYnVz
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might456Please respect copyright.PENANAEQUUk84At8
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very456Please respect copyright.PENANAouDHAhZYoc
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup456Please respect copyright.PENANA9dhHhvENvS
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me456Please respect copyright.PENANAvKSdkQHGc7
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked456Please respect copyright.PENANAWuJUj9kRve
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual456Please respect copyright.PENANAIAiiAJq5dE
dust. We went around the house. Our circle456Please respect copyright.PENANAjLlDZ0uUmu
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper456Please respect copyright.PENANA5x8ynOitNm
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed456Please respect copyright.PENANAEzN4a0u4Dx
to be going well, till we got to the study.
When we approached the study, I already decided not to go in. Because that was where Iris was almost murdered. I456Please respect copyright.PENANAO9FKiqpKXT
began walking away from the room. Then the strangest thing happened.
I heard a voice.
MY voice, but in my head. The voice willed me to456Please respect copyright.PENANAR3fu27TDcA
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but456Please respect copyright.PENANAepPhkV4m1X
I felt myself being dragged to the door.456Please respect copyright.PENANAyUO7NJqYlj
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even456Please respect copyright.PENANAe0wza2O3S0
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I456Please respect copyright.PENANAO6auo1Migu
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can456Please respect copyright.PENANALREQ5w7Fc5
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins456Please respect copyright.PENANAM3Q7CSVPW9
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard456Please respect copyright.PENANAaRWfo4Ekcz
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to456Please respect copyright.PENANAZdBYACMcPq
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained456Please respect copyright.PENANA7N54kmhym6
that she understands how I feel but I need to be calm.
“Did you sleep at all last night?”
I didn’t even give her a reply. Maybe456Please respect copyright.PENANAsoSJPjuuSP
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing456Please respect copyright.PENANA8zlw2mIQHv
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I456Please respect copyright.PENANAQj1bbFXrvA
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door456Please respect copyright.PENANAeYGfDQcBHs
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET456Please respect copyright.PENANAmkcoo9WOhW
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of456Please respect copyright.PENANA0h48VsZFK9
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but456Please respect copyright.PENANACKnUQOxkVc
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t456Please respect copyright.PENANASOy86iChVz
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked456Please respect copyright.PENANAfcCx6tFt70
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the456Please respect copyright.PENANALXR8jHKxPV
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to456Please respect copyright.PENANAmWmaz7qz2D
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked456Please respect copyright.PENANACRHPFv4Rpi
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The456Please respect copyright.PENANAgdW75h1CET
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she456Please respect copyright.PENANA1t7n60ZjW4
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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