Our lives changed with just171Please respect copyright.PENANA3DAXHuPayh
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body171Please respect copyright.PENANAtkXWlgne0u
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled171Please respect copyright.PENANArMxtY6Jkch
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire171Please respect copyright.PENANAQQsjWcgFVN
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and171Please respect copyright.PENANAVMtHGir7Zm
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had171Please respect copyright.PENANA6Y83ETdJAl
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the171Please respect copyright.PENANAYqmkt9WUnN
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best171Please respect copyright.PENANAL6Jy7gPPWS
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.171Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0B2krLRNa
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to171Please respect copyright.PENANAtWes6fWyzy
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the171Please respect copyright.PENANAT0LLeLiuFu
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We171Please respect copyright.PENANALR8UM8dHBl
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 and171Please respect copyright.PENANADO0n0RsZqG
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted171Please respect copyright.PENANA5PzeheU8Es
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.171Please respect copyright.PENANAI9z6FaQbEv
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer171Please respect copyright.PENANA2hKkIgMqrM
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I171Please respect copyright.PENANAJN3PMNDiXp
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the171Please respect copyright.PENANA82vwXLD7Ya
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.171Please respect copyright.PENANAaj369PF6dB
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the171Please respect copyright.PENANAGTQh2VXveZ
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred171Please respect copyright.PENANAWTVW3FRl4K
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of171Please respect copyright.PENANARDs92Lx21L
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped171Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fs4oVJHNh
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced171Please respect copyright.PENANAtJb0Z5pG78
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd171Please respect copyright.PENANAEZNaedF1yI
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest171Please respect copyright.PENANAXTrNEjUgTp
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring171Please respect copyright.PENANAvtshxJgjaL
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was171Please respect copyright.PENANAig6aZcxGqe
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she171Please respect copyright.PENANAUi5bVGVmM2
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her171Please respect copyright.PENANAqg8NKUBgOk
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might171Please respect copyright.PENANAXyC0wVb37d
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very171Please respect copyright.PENANAdyeRLn04MS
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup171Please respect copyright.PENANAEWDoYQvmrd
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me171Please respect copyright.PENANAReMSRHCVsL
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked171Please respect copyright.PENANA4U7g7cvlgg
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual171Please respect copyright.PENANA8cvuQ46dhy
dust. We went around the house. Our circle171Please respect copyright.PENANAmgPVduJOrI
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper171Please respect copyright.PENANA49F9yJwLeX
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed171Please respect copyright.PENANAd7GKAdTtd2
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. I171Please respect copyright.PENANAzBGOL72ak5
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 to171Please respect copyright.PENANASj3w9QOyDa
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but171Please respect copyright.PENANANNUJ5Txiqc
I felt myself being dragged to the door.171Please respect copyright.PENANAQptYmzBBlm
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even171Please respect copyright.PENANAEehhW2DrHL
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I171Please respect copyright.PENANATjzU4naG5w
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can171Please respect copyright.PENANAn7CLSByU3Y
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins171Please respect copyright.PENANAgMTousRrq6
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard171Please respect copyright.PENANADT4Gqm4tXx
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to171Please respect copyright.PENANARvQmA5MqSc
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained171Please respect copyright.PENANAC5uAXSLPsL
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. Maybe171Please respect copyright.PENANAvvnNXXQkUH
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing171Please respect copyright.PENANAsvF2ZGkhTC
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I171Please respect copyright.PENANA6IaiD3LA1A
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door171Please respect copyright.PENANAexkASMkbqB
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET171Please respect copyright.PENANAFk3UZ9PN9N
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of171Please respect copyright.PENANAiJ4woLdXAc
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but171Please respect copyright.PENANARaRln3REAk
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t171Please respect copyright.PENANA4FOE8GfTqQ
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked171Please respect copyright.PENANAYLQih5LbH6
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the171Please respect copyright.PENANA2i8cfJwU0K
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to171Please respect copyright.PENANA8QOjXLhKNf
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked171Please respect copyright.PENANAwPWaR7Yuzt
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The171Please respect copyright.PENANAcRim9Op785
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she171Please respect copyright.PENANAUbqRefzB0w
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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