Our lives changed with just182Please respect copyright.PENANA04qrujHddz
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body182Please respect copyright.PENANAn7dyDFnTxR
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled182Please respect copyright.PENANAje3F4M4QXv
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire182Please respect copyright.PENANA2dGHj2whrI
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and182Please respect copyright.PENANAz9vXoD0DOH
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had182Please respect copyright.PENANAYNyyUP3dM7
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the182Please respect copyright.PENANAz9OBiJae6X
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best182Please respect copyright.PENANAIrjs5ZIcUx
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.182Please respect copyright.PENANADUSUxYsyNb
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to182Please respect copyright.PENANAMvZREm4K5M
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the182Please respect copyright.PENANA0SKkiZInhZ
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We182Please respect copyright.PENANAC8QJ9aHVOr
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 and182Please respect copyright.PENANAdnP4Cylx1h
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted182Please respect copyright.PENANADgVA3SYCE1
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.182Please respect copyright.PENANAhl8uw7ItOh
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer182Please respect copyright.PENANAPlmUZ8QL6t
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I182Please respect copyright.PENANAU8n5XFGS73
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the182Please respect copyright.PENANAAmx0uRRMSs
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.182Please respect copyright.PENANAX4HiHgEUzD
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the182Please respect copyright.PENANApcaNnpwF3D
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred182Please respect copyright.PENANAz3W3NanwQi
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of182Please respect copyright.PENANAiRBeW4nxB4
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped182Please respect copyright.PENANAzppl1FOsjW
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced182Please respect copyright.PENANAn1OLiWSxC5
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd182Please respect copyright.PENANAYZgDWyx2b6
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest182Please respect copyright.PENANA8JDt2Kttje
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring182Please respect copyright.PENANAzMV6WfNNjD
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was182Please respect copyright.PENANAhTXxycmaL5
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she182Please respect copyright.PENANAgCUbSad4l6
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her182Please respect copyright.PENANA4BiLOVL5JS
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might182Please respect copyright.PENANAFRBJ5PfR8W
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very182Please respect copyright.PENANAaOFgo9o6nP
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup182Please respect copyright.PENANAlyQRbNI3lo
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me182Please respect copyright.PENANAoQxacHbbAt
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked182Please respect copyright.PENANA5s5Nf56mv8
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual182Please respect copyright.PENANA2OpUcefCtZ
dust. We went around the house. Our circle182Please respect copyright.PENANAe1XBE9Vlrm
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper182Please respect copyright.PENANARUpPFIeoKx
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed182Please respect copyright.PENANAxfzMeZcZ7v
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. I182Please respect copyright.PENANA3RQdMX7jJ9
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 to182Please respect copyright.PENANA4V2lkP5rAV
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but182Please respect copyright.PENANA3q1xlXXfPz
I felt myself being dragged to the door.182Please respect copyright.PENANAgTWUqbAL7l
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even182Please respect copyright.PENANAiDO7F0D8NZ
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I182Please respect copyright.PENANA5njvjwZmTB
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can182Please respect copyright.PENANAd8EJW3kqi2
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins182Please respect copyright.PENANAfK61eZLclr
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard182Please respect copyright.PENANArFUfZvfpiN
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to182Please respect copyright.PENANALNvMgiys9T
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained182Please respect copyright.PENANAkR8VlEQFpd
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. Maybe182Please respect copyright.PENANAAwU2gkLhcZ
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing182Please respect copyright.PENANAwdsD8dTkqi
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I182Please respect copyright.PENANAX43EZ0dJ0T
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door182Please respect copyright.PENANAfkzwNL1Pmx
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET182Please respect copyright.PENANAhyfUPsa2GV
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of182Please respect copyright.PENANAmVklbfG16R
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but182Please respect copyright.PENANAfHfJxZk3lb
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t182Please respect copyright.PENANA7v1HmWJ8TR
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked182Please respect copyright.PENANApa5jo9T7nj
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the182Please respect copyright.PENANABwlvXK5GpZ
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to182Please respect copyright.PENANADwuhJfabqq
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked182Please respect copyright.PENANAgXB3oyRMPk
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The182Please respect copyright.PENANAJYCqbZj4mR
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she182Please respect copyright.PENANArwklNwYOGV
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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