Our lives changed with just361Please respect copyright.PENANADABc7CGbKE
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body361Please respect copyright.PENANACKo6E4aYlZ
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled361Please respect copyright.PENANAGJd8D5hqwm
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire361Please respect copyright.PENANASZm2VqPpl9
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and361Please respect copyright.PENANAKICB9pDJBt
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had361Please respect copyright.PENANA300KZa0Vuu
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the361Please respect copyright.PENANAp7v1KCkRTP
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best361Please respect copyright.PENANAN0IZtCKPJY
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.361Please respect copyright.PENANA9yKjmFUzP1
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to361Please respect copyright.PENANAl5qAQkrpNT
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the361Please respect copyright.PENANAF4zIZjRina
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We361Please respect copyright.PENANAtWDwiTGxxp
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 and361Please respect copyright.PENANAp0FJ5FcLJg
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted361Please respect copyright.PENANA5Zmob1phU6
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.361Please respect copyright.PENANAw4bat7P8Ys
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer361Please respect copyright.PENANAoxtin1DdIG
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I361Please respect copyright.PENANAhq8mYBko35
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the361Please respect copyright.PENANAMczF0isqHt
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.361Please respect copyright.PENANAKJ2GTWyfHR
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the361Please respect copyright.PENANA1tnI4tOnnr
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred361Please respect copyright.PENANAVE2cBfGsxe
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of361Please respect copyright.PENANA9oR8lS0jsk
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped361Please respect copyright.PENANADMwQ72XQ2I
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced361Please respect copyright.PENANAWGiaEPaAGx
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd361Please respect copyright.PENANAr6Yhelf9Wf
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest361Please respect copyright.PENANAT3N8Ko7hjY
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring361Please respect copyright.PENANA3rW07G9756
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was361Please respect copyright.PENANASQIPUHNiVX
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she361Please respect copyright.PENANA3xP3m69j5K
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her361Please respect copyright.PENANA1BSdMjZNKn
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might361Please respect copyright.PENANA4fo2WJnr7B
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very361Please respect copyright.PENANADil8I99uph
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup361Please respect copyright.PENANAkjOXvnC9z7
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me361Please respect copyright.PENANAUD3rjipmes
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked361Please respect copyright.PENANA1Bx8JRvRGY
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual361Please respect copyright.PENANAgxgkuVDbUp
dust. We went around the house. Our circle361Please respect copyright.PENANALPqrrwQI9D
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper361Please respect copyright.PENANAL3ZkUUApl1
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed361Please respect copyright.PENANAqBJesVf6QV
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. I361Please respect copyright.PENANAWgL8JxqnQv
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 to361Please respect copyright.PENANAtsSSnBiNJz
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but361Please respect copyright.PENANAQNeaVVgrMx
I felt myself being dragged to the door.361Please respect copyright.PENANAquiw7pWH8e
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even361Please respect copyright.PENANA9tE7YVqyAL
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I361Please respect copyright.PENANApFHbJeVBL3
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can361Please respect copyright.PENANAVqmbLTQD8E
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins361Please respect copyright.PENANAYr3C1Nlkml
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard361Please respect copyright.PENANAjpIsRL4VNl
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to361Please respect copyright.PENANAZfPXWaLHDY
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained361Please respect copyright.PENANAyvy1fb1SII
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. Maybe361Please respect copyright.PENANAocClVrYgnd
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing361Please respect copyright.PENANABSZLlxDPu2
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I361Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fp13VqV01
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door361Please respect copyright.PENANAByyE6Na5R2
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET361Please respect copyright.PENANAGeoD9eT6fq
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of361Please respect copyright.PENANARtEEHmQ3eF
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but361Please respect copyright.PENANAN4ATsUSUl4
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t361Please respect copyright.PENANAHonimpXjwt
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked361Please respect copyright.PENANAgiO4SV3RKx
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the361Please respect copyright.PENANA6nK95ZlXLY
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to361Please respect copyright.PENANAuq9eV0iObD
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked361Please respect copyright.PENANAQpBEKvU43H
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The361Please respect copyright.PENANABjXASWm01E
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she361Please respect copyright.PENANAq3bONIhInn
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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