Our lives changed with just395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3Q7tPcSZi
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzUfgLvmMt
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUPVpienPk
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6wMRMx5dL
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSexbW8whn
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9pMuIzx0q
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2qTLIl5XU
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3X0p8gDlDS
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP3OZcSKkP
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNgP9FLRRd
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuROYxGKf4
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pMdI2xzyV
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 and395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAhj4MKVRO
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8ZbBspd3i
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOc2Qafgb7
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPNuFauR2y
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXSDOY9UbJ
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqeW8b7jhH
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ499Ao6LjsS
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRS71L9y9h0
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFLJKmEy0b
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR81fZfa4bO
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCKM2WXofb
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52iEw5dYGt
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUY675p6x6
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeF3lmNNKk
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HiyglwLuZ
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib1tOirGP7
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaQuKr0LqI
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CDRYXYDJj
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsXVpdJMrs
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLE8OzQ40k
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo93ZhVzic3
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIa1inZbUQE
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIQ471itCJ
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfyKDcBAhQ
dust. We went around the house. Our circle395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFO2OmaMHAJ
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡftXSlUoCym
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnjcbBP9TY
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. I395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDJnq6V4ri
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 to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq6niKcAQm
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOEkY0pour
I felt myself being dragged to the door.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV98g5QuJt1
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUY0QBzMqWp
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7EybVhjTa
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyRN8XhXyl
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7LF0Wztni
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrYvWxpcHA
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtgKo26xgR
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0udewNYsO6
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. Maybe395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuT24Iufw7
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZk4R4LqhO
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm0rPK43gr
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEGzZ2IoAC
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0OeY2hj7N
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa3il0ColH
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7L7Dhnw2v
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPGlDlMP4T
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiWk9q6vMJ
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgYbhzALlu
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD3lYGtFfO
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8UL52T4Gh
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvgVPDEHgs
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihsSaMlQl7
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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