Fic: Curtain Call (7/18)
“AH!!!!!!” Jade continued to yell as she came into the dining room.
Holden quickly got up out of his seat. “Jade, what is the matter?”
“It’s” Jade was so shaky that she could barely get the words out. “It’s Ameera, She dead.” She cried.
“WHAT?” Lucinda said with a gasp.
“I remember that she was going to take a bath so I left the room to give her some privacy. I assumed that she was just taking a really long one so I went to remind her that dinner was ready. When I found, her she was floating in the tube with her radio.”
Lucinda, Margo and the rest of the guests went up to Jade and Ameera’s room.
“Alright everyone wait out here.” Margo stated.
“Wait I’m coming with you?” Lucinda demanded.
“No this could be a crime scene.”
“It’s my house and I demand to know what’s going on?” Lucinda demanded.
“Alright, but only Lucinda.”
Margo and Lucinda entered the room and found Ameera’s body floating in the water.
Lucinda could no longer take looking of the awful scene and quickly stormed out of the bathroom.
“Well?” Lily asked her mother impatiently.
The serious look on her face said everything.
“She’s dead.” Margo said coming out of the room.
The guest expressed their shock at the news. Luke pulled Noah closer to him and rubbed his back. Noah appreciated the small gesture after hearing the death of a sweet innocent young lady and friend.
“Alright, the room is officially off limits no one is allowed in here until we get some help.”
Margo pulled out her cellphone to call for help but realized that she could not get a signal.
“Does anyone have a signal with their phone?”
Everyone looked at their phones and noticed that they did not have a signal either.
“What about the house phone? Maybe it still works.” Luke suggested.
The guests quickly followed Lance into the living room. Lance picked up the phone but there was no dial tone.
“What about internet?” Meg suggested.
Jade, Luke, Chris, Margo, and Lucy plugged up their laptops but none of them could get online.
“What do we do now?” Maddie asked very concerned.
“Nothing, there’s nothing we can do. We’ll just have to sit here and wait.”
Panic came over all the guests as glances were exchanged among them.
They were alone and possibly alone with a killer on the loose.
Night came around and the guest decided to get some rest; although, most could not sleep with the thought of a killer in the house, especially Jade.
Jade found it nearly impossible to sleep after having nightmares reliving her experience of find Ameera dead in the tube.
She tossed in her sleep all night not to mention that she felt so hot despite the fact that is was freezing outside.
Her mind wondered about what Ameera must have saw, what she must have felt or better yet who could have done such a unspeakable at to such a kind person.
I can’t sleep Jade yelled and got out of bed.
She slowly crept out of her room and walked into the kitchen.
The halls were eerily quiet and any faint noise caused Jade to look over her shoulder instantly.
She made it to the kitchen unharmed and grabbed a glass from the cabinet.
Still a little paranoid, she thought she heard footsteps.
"Is anyone there?" she asked and heard nothing back in response.
Jade continued to observe her surroundings as she made her way over to the fridge.
As she searched the fridge for some milk, she could have sworn she heard another footstep. Jade quickly peaked out from behind the fridge door and looked to see if anyone else was in the room with her.
Once she assured herself that she was indeed alone, she poured herself a nice glass of milk.
She placed the milk jug back in the fridge and closed the door.
Once the door closed, Jade looked up and was startled by a stranger dressed in all black with a mask covering their face.
She saw the large knife in the strangers hand and begin to panic "Please," She cried as the stranger came killer came closer to her. Once she saw the stranger lift up the knife, Jade started to scream.
"AHHH..." Jade screamed but the stranger quickly interrupted and plunge the knife in her face.
The glass of milk Jade was holding fell to the floor and so blood that was dripping from her face.
The killer put the knife on the floor, grabbed Jade lifeless legs and drugged victim number four out of the kitchen.
Chapter 8