Age nineteen

was always so within the hours of eight am to ten am. I packed in the garage after I got home,

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younger. Yet, there was no answer, so I headed straight to the basement. My intention

haunted. He pleaded with me that I should stay away from it, but not being a believer in ghosts, I ignored him. I went behind his back and attempted to break into it, but it

houghts of ghosts. Cobwebs hung on the corners of the wall painted blue, and my heart r

ce as old as the building. I was hoping it wasn't locked. I twisted the knob to the left, and as I expected, it didn't bulge. There had to be a way out. I thumped it in irritation a

blocks away and borrowed a drill. My mom still wasn't back from wherever she had gone when I returned with it, so I had gotten to work immediately. I was grateful that the door was aged, and that it was wooden. When I was done dri

, I tiptoed to my bedroom, landed on my bed, then covered myself with my duvet. "Thank goodness, I'm safe now." muttered under my breath. Barely a minute later, I heard her call from outside my bedroom. I hadn't locked my door. "Kerah!" She turned the doorknob to the left and was standing face to face with

But the itch on my skin reminded me that I slept with my messy body and that I needed a shower. I had totally forgotten that I hadn't showered that morning. I went straight to the bathr

red me " I feigned a smile. Inwardly, I was thankful that it wasn't my mother. I didn't know what I would tell her if she were the one. "Back so soon?" I retraced my step away from the

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he dining chair back and sat on it. "Did you really think that after c

ghost girl had said to me yesterday. I was earnestly hoping that he knew

ow I was drilling? What did he see while he was down there? What if he had found the answers to my questions before me? "You went... U

he view in front of me. The door was wide open. No hole was cut through it, it didn't look drilled, whoever opened it must have used the key to the padlock. "How d