The Haunting of Fall Manor(Completed)

Chapter 8

Tes slammed the door of her room and marched downstairs, anger boiling within her.
"Why should Mabel hide things from me!?"
"Especially when it involves my brother's death!!"
"Why are there so many secrets!?"

  "Goodmorning Tes"Anabel and Noah greeting simultaneously as they spotted Tes coming down stairs whilst they brought some trays containing vegetables to the dining table.

Tes was too lost in thought to notice their greeting. They watched her curiously as she paced to-and-fro in the living room.

"Uum Tes, are you ok?"asked Anabel which jolted Tes out from her deep thoughts.

She looked at Anabel and forced a smile on her lips"Umm,yes, yes, totally".

  "I need to go the woods, atleast to talk to my brother, since that's where I always see him"Tes thought to herself.

She snapped her fingers and took a coat lying on one of the sofa's. She quickly headed outside not minding the incessant calling of her name by Anabel.

"Strange!"Anabel muttered out loud.
Anabel had a feeling something was wrong with Tes. She turned and saw Mabel heading downstairs.

"Mabel something is wrong with Tes, she just marched out of here!" Noah said eagerly.

Mabel nodded her head and walked over to Anabel who had a puzzled look on her face.

"Where did she go?" Mabel asked.

"We don't know, she didn't even acknowledge our presence much, she just stormed outside" Anabel replied.

  "Oh Tes, what are you doing to yourself?"
  Anabel noticed the worried look on Mabel's face and wondered if Mabel and Tes got into an argument.
She wanted to ask Mabel but Mabel turned to go upstairs.

"Stranger!" Anabel muttered quietly noticing the strange behaviours in both Tes and Mabel.

"I'll be in my room, don't disturb me ok?, Tes went out for a walk, don't worry she will be back soon" Mabel said as she headed upstairs.
  Mabel walked upstairs to Tes' room and opened the door. She looked outside the windows and spotted Tes walking towards the woods.
She exhaled deeply and closed the windows.

She then walked outside Tes' room and closed the door, heading for the door at the farthest corner of the hallway.
The banging door!

She wanted to pull the door open but stopped and smiled to herself. She then whispered to the door as if she was whispering to someone in the other side of the room, "I will never let you out!"

The banging started immediately she completed that statement!
She expected it as she walked away smiling.
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Tes walked outside Fall Manor, enduring the cold windy day.
Her coat wasn't even making her feel warm. She was heading for the woods. The thought of the woods sent shivers down her spine.

She thought of her nightmares, and her last encounter with her brother in the woods. She also remembered the trance she had in the Falls graveyard.

All that made her weak in the knees and she felt knots tie in her stomach.

"Should I turn back? What if he tries to kill me?
Or what if he doesn't want to kill me? What if he listens to me?
Anyhow it goes, I need some answers to all these strange events occurring in my life".

  Tes made up her mind to meet her brother and nodded her head.
She exhaled deeply and swallowed some saliva.

  She entered the woods. She was greeted by a fierce wind. Everywhere seemed normal. The tall trees shaded her from the little ray of sunlight that was struggling to come out. The birds were chirping eagerly.
   She tried remembering the path Mabel followed when she brought her here.