Our lives changed with just347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6tQrIsvNk
the sound of a gunshot.
One night, one gunshot, one dead body347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ4oQzPZQq
discovered the next morning.
That was how my best friends and I got tangled347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCXn94cGrH
up in a murder mystery that changed not just our summer plans, but our entire347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOyrBOlUYh
lives.
Here I am right now, sitting in my bedroom and347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtiA5ZAzGvJ
looking impatiently at the time waiting the doorbell to ring. Evelyn and I had347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eU1PwtzTm
to search the Smith’s mansion for a clue. This is our third search since the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG2p78ZVGp
murder. The second search left a sour taste in our mouth. Iris, one of our best347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloJpYN0S7i
friends, was almost killed. She is currently in the hospital in a coma.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndfdZ5LWjM
“indefinite” the doctor had said. These words echoed in my head and drove me to347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTETJYvBu3
get to the bottom of this mystery.
7:45am
The doorbell rang.
Finally.
I picked my stuff, ran out of my room, down the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESZMSPU2Xj
stairs and to the door. I flung it open.
“After a million years! We347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSdDycZxOz
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 and347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbjJEohTlW
dramatic but, in my defense, my heart was beating like crazy, and I just wanted347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbH3uV0U6pg
to get things over with. I was already overthinking things as it was already.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vqPu1EqKP
All I could think of was the fact that Iris was almost murdered, and her killer347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81M3A7yReX
is running free. Probably camping out at the Smith`s mansion… or in my house. I347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVIg2wNspj
don’t know, and I don’t even want to think about anything else but to find the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvuxzG57js
answer. And the answer, is behind those huge thick doors of the smith`s house.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qLlt1bpkL
And today, I hope to uncover it.
Those doors…. quite like that of the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOGKzkAUGo
entrance to hell. All these years, I had never seen the house as such a scarred347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6XVqJ9VAo
monument. But at the beginning of summer break, things changed. LOADS of347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTzVZqEEmd
things. And I must deal with these changes.
Evelyn stepped in front of me and dropped347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0wMkZOOV9
the duffel bag on the dusty porch.
“Ready when you are!” she announced347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6OpUPvnZL
as she dropped to her knees and unzipped the bag.
“Ready!” I replied. For some odd347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDuDRP6qpP
reasons, that word was so difficult for me to say. It seemed like the weirdest347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BAKpjr6Gq
thing to admit. Who in their right senses would be born ready to go exploring347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQBVSWdgDS
an abandoned house where a murder was committed, where her best friend was347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2ueCFWwhw
almost killed, and most importantly, where a potential killer is hiding.
“Done!’ Evelyn announced as she347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4Q6otC7Yh
straightened up and pushed the door opened just a crack.
“Wait!” I demanded, preventing her347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobHjmoQX5w
from going in. “We should know that as we are walking into this place, we might347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnNvkWt60J
be the next target.”
“Yeah, I know. And we should be very347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLRgEisnhG
careful.”
“Very! You have your backup347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRTSxGSlG7
flashlights, right?”
“Never go anywhere without them!”
We laughed nervously. Evelyn then gave me347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCL2DPoK6J
a reassuring nod, then pushed the door open. Taking a huge breath, we walked347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG7yCbU6Iq
into our very own doom.
The house greeted us with the usual347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbiZ8yVluz
dust. We went around the house. Our circle347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyToTg0IXrH
of white light from our torch, followed us on our journey. I clutched my pepper347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfuvoZoI34
spray tight in my other hand with my heart beating like crazy. Everything seemed347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYq6ihcrCZc
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. I347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvWdoOlEE2
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 to347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHog6zxDmka
go into the study. I tried shaking of the strange feeling and walking away, but347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4XaZfpn3H
I felt myself being dragged to the door.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4RW3OHUdW
NO… Not dragged. I was WALKING! Even347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOCN019Z00
though I didn’t want to go, I saw myself walking towards the study.
Fear gripped my whole being. I347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78YjCnXIUv
heard Evelyn`s voice ask if I was ok.
“OF COURSE NOT!” I screamed. “I can347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcD2Szk3VIm
hear my own voice in my head telling me to do what I don’t want to.”
Adrenaline flowed through my veins347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6nnJ8yaos
as I listened to myself talking. To my horror, that wasn’t what I screamed. I heard347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0QtAktlLM
myself scream: “I AM FINE! LET’S JUST GET THIS OVER WITH!”
WHAT? That so not what I wanted to347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaUf7VHwSa
say. I stared at Evelyn as she asked me what was wrong with me. She explained347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJTI4KjzeX
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. Maybe347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOkDgxjjHE
that’s it. Maybe because I didn’t get enough sleep last night, I am hearing347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYcdk5w8vs
things.
“Sorry Eve, I didn’t mean anything I347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip7Q1TSrlJ
said.” I apologized. As we continued our search.
We walked away from the study door347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB1iwzzizm
again. Then I heard it loud and clear this time.
“GET347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJmkB4ttnK
IN THERE!”.
I was so startled that I sprayed my spray into Evelyn’s eyes out of347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFR5E4D9aK
shock. I dropped the pepper spray, quite dazed. I started apologizing but347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBxhHLbJgV
stopped in shock. I stared at Evelyn in surprise.
Something is wrong. Very wrong.
Evelyn wasn’t in pain. In fact, she didn’t347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1g8e3l83R
look as though she was in pain at all. Instead, she smiled at me, walked347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk9REtKC8K
towards the study door, and opened it.
“Evelyn, are you ok?” I asked as the347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2hHqNzOV2
fear and shock I felt made my leg quiver.
“Yes, I am! Fiona. She wants us to347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUN7QKWT2x
search the study!” she replied in a hypnotic way and with a horrific smile.
“Who?” I stammered as I looked347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1XHuFI2kc
around in fear. Everything about this house is just off.
"The347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJduruTax4n
girl." Eve replied impatiently. Still with that weird smile on her face. Then she347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUxtClRYGU
added, “The girl that always tells us what to do.”
Then she disappeared into the room.
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