Our lives changed with just172Please respect copyright.PENANARZnPbDwK6Z
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body172Please respect copyright.PENANAFBCFgl5Uv8
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled172Please respect copyright.PENANAFnPyuMjuis
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire172Please respect copyright.PENANAfOOWbdAFAE
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and172Please respect copyright.PENANAtwx0IisqJc
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had172Please respect copyright.PENANANap03Rqyep
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the172Please respect copyright.PENANA9UFJC2A7cD
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best172Please respect copyright.PENANAM4ksu6CosY
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.172Please respect copyright.PENANAyIlcleN1dz
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to172Please respect copyright.PENANAHyTErsb7rh
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the172Please respect copyright.PENANAqGBDdbA8zk
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We172Please respect copyright.PENANAmmIwqPUdLG
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 and172Please respect copyright.PENANA89YobHp1Yh
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted172Please respect copyright.PENANA3J6aCeLeze
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.172Please respect copyright.PENANAf7QeMPUe1L
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer172Please respect copyright.PENANA52HQqy17cq
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I172Please respect copyright.PENANAr6BYMqwKlK
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the172Please respect copyright.PENANA44wJ5tiXVg
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.172Please respect copyright.PENANAKQkXPXZffr
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the172Please respect copyright.PENANAVWnRFDYN11
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred172Please respect copyright.PENANAO96vYkrqWs
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of172Please respect copyright.PENANAo53rCbdv90
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped172Please respect copyright.PENANAPwRHzpgt6X
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced172Please respect copyright.PENANAdH4CtkCWgT
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd172Please respect copyright.PENANAce95Vp6JEh
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest172Please respect copyright.PENANAicEzl6a9FE
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring172Please respect copyright.PENANAg4W8wEO1bm
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was172Please respect copyright.PENANAVEZobbDOYQ
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she172Please respect copyright.PENANAGTGf0K4ZYT
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her172Please respect copyright.PENANA4rfTFVRmML
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might172Please respect copyright.PENANADZJwiYmGAf
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very172Please respect copyright.PENANA8WIieYRoyG
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup172Please respect copyright.PENANAFy99uxFDll
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me172Please respect copyright.PENANANnZb1or3kH
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked172Please respect copyright.PENANAkiJZ7CBNtw
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual172Please respect copyright.PENANAr6d9wSOLBL
dust. We went around the house. Our circle172Please respect copyright.PENANAFzRCpwZbnr
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper172Please respect copyright.PENANAPR6p1DM1CV
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed172Please respect copyright.PENANAToAbTmWIba
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. I172Please respect copyright.PENANA8Xr07beuS1
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 to172Please respect copyright.PENANA0UglTQMibk
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but172Please respect copyright.PENANAKh38hZncIT
I felt myself being dragged to the door.172Please respect copyright.PENANArfDLI70xIH
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even172Please respect copyright.PENANAfDKMqbtv93
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I172Please respect copyright.PENANACamaZuaqr1
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can172Please respect copyright.PENANAaiXUZ0Y2hT
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins172Please respect copyright.PENANAEDcLKALDpR
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard172Please respect copyright.PENANAEjFzTI27RA
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to172Please respect copyright.PENANA2mvO4HQ0uI
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained172Please respect copyright.PENANA9STL0rU5Bt
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. Maybe172Please respect copyright.PENANAxqxwvXn7RL
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing172Please respect copyright.PENANAA7dADLYg2D
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I172Please respect copyright.PENANAbNq6KPTg6o
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door172Please respect copyright.PENANAxHgZmP2XWM
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET172Please respect copyright.PENANA7DD8DQeboB
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of172Please respect copyright.PENANADAI4OLoOQA
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but172Please respect copyright.PENANA90yhQ0acW2
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t172Please respect copyright.PENANAadjL74bsij
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked172Please respect copyright.PENANAXg0pkCrehf
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the172Please respect copyright.PENANAIgRIVEa4Xy
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to172Please respect copyright.PENANAomR6GsE5Vg
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked172Please respect copyright.PENANA6zIQOaNclS
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The172Please respect copyright.PENANAmk38jTAdsM
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she172Please respect copyright.PENANACHZVWSNAtN
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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