Our lives changed with just179Please respect copyright.PENANAildzdXCwIj
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body179Please respect copyright.PENANABD7vBeENLQ
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled179Please respect copyright.PENANAj3EHkLIhDk
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire179Please respect copyright.PENANAkLMATFgLDW
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and179Please respect copyright.PENANAOR7LiKiwkS
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had179Please respect copyright.PENANABON5pPQLku
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the179Please respect copyright.PENANAXrP8Snme66
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best179Please respect copyright.PENANASeTdkTIKFq
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.179Please respect copyright.PENANABI94cLwH1J
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to179Please respect copyright.PENANARcLDtDuk8J
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the179Please respect copyright.PENANAANWONFYeyB
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We179Please respect copyright.PENANAMN38xvvKYj
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 and179Please respect copyright.PENANAOdfeecxuNQ
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted179Please respect copyright.PENANAgdcxhBFinC
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.179Please respect copyright.PENANA48ZucT4jNo
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer179Please respect copyright.PENANA6MHf7pm31s
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I179Please respect copyright.PENANAlawPu6wBVQ
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the179Please respect copyright.PENANAO9rFhnxrPr
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.179Please respect copyright.PENANAm8R1SOabSN
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the179Please respect copyright.PENANAvRJbaLD0Kc
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred179Please respect copyright.PENANAVw5oBZILzo
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of179Please respect copyright.PENANA03hgsPEuMP
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped179Please respect copyright.PENANA2iu6l4h1Fo
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced179Please respect copyright.PENANAkMhhYhFfan
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd179Please respect copyright.PENANA7zPsGpt6zp
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest179Please respect copyright.PENANAQ1wbTVOKUN
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring179Please respect copyright.PENANARsuH0KFQmR
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was179Please respect copyright.PENANALWyaDmREmM
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she179Please respect copyright.PENANAZhf1raBFkg
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her179Please respect copyright.PENANAYjBk4ZBNjP
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might179Please respect copyright.PENANAFaIiCzn6tP
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very179Please respect copyright.PENANAjNboHaogaS
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup179Please respect copyright.PENANApB46oRDTiW
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me179Please respect copyright.PENANAL1n2XHXWIU
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked179Please respect copyright.PENANAJS7yQE7jPH
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual179Please respect copyright.PENANApVKvY95svg
dust. We went around the house. Our circle179Please respect copyright.PENANA0hioNVmjCn
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper179Please respect copyright.PENANA5jwj2Qj7M5
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed179Please respect copyright.PENANAz228rVaFzi
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. I179Please respect copyright.PENANAMfrE1N8P7c
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 to179Please respect copyright.PENANAXuEkCeliyD
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but179Please respect copyright.PENANA8AzTwWQfs8
I felt myself being dragged to the door.179Please respect copyright.PENANALkcbHprrmP
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even179Please respect copyright.PENANAzpjjTM4H2m
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I179Please respect copyright.PENANAh3qzCi2JMj
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can179Please respect copyright.PENANA5D5Dlwd346
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins179Please respect copyright.PENANAgaWS8JiLLj
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard179Please respect copyright.PENANAIDZnIqKHDB
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to179Please respect copyright.PENANAzH6r10pn8I
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained179Please respect copyright.PENANAdPaeSGH1br
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. Maybe179Please respect copyright.PENANAdY2vhXruip
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing179Please respect copyright.PENANAVuthRuvPMb
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I179Please respect copyright.PENANAYP5cPkXqqH
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door179Please respect copyright.PENANAagIzj2Y6BI
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET179Please respect copyright.PENANAvF2Q1hFr0L
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of179Please respect copyright.PENANAGcqM4QzrlO
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but179Please respect copyright.PENANAjCrXDUYaDo
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t179Please respect copyright.PENANAp7kyI3OzB0
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked179Please respect copyright.PENANAHDCl61GvtF
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the179Please respect copyright.PENANALlqHCjyY9a
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to179Please respect copyright.PENANAmBF7oBdtNM
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked179Please respect copyright.PENANAuETk1jueDj
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The179Please respect copyright.PENANAaI3VRjotjg
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she179Please respect copyright.PENANA8pDGKDN4sN
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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