The other Berman// Nick Goode

Chapter 10

"You swore" I planted while looking at Cindy

"It's becoming a habit" she said as I laughed lightly as tears fell down again, the same with Ziggy as they both bent down, hugging me as I hugged them back, glad for us all to be back together finally after a long night. We all cried in the embrace

"You smell like shit" Ziggy told Cindy as we laughed

"That's cause I'm covered in it" she explained which made me gag, pushing her off slightly

"Ew Cindy" I commented, us all laughing and she messed with her polo shirt

"So you think it'll wash out?" She asked us jokingly as I tugged it lightly giving and unsure look

"Think you might need to buy a new polo" I stared while we all smiled at each other

"I'm so sorry girls, I'm sorry I wasn't here, not just tonight but everyday" she apologised while I held her hand

"No you were just-" Ziggy started but Cindy cut her off

"No I haven't been here, I know that now, I know you both just needed me to listen, to hear you, I thought if I just put my head down, followed the rules, everything would be fine, that I'd get out of shadyside but now I you were right Livy, everything is cursed" she explained while I looked at her, then leaning in to her side as she held me, knowing I'd forgiven her

"We could've been nice" Ziggy started while I looked up at Cindy

"I could've been less of a monster" I admitted while they both looked at me

"Well, you were my monster and at the end of the day, mom, dad, shadyside, Sunnyvale, I won't let anything pull the 3 of us apart again, you hear me?" She said holding both of our faces

"Heard and received ma'am" we both said, all of us smiling but then we heard a noise coming from the vent that Cindy had kicked her way out of, she signalled for us to stay there while she started to crawl towards it, Ziggy held my hand while we stared at the vent but then we heard

"Hey snitch" coming from the vent

"What took you so long?" Cindy asked the person who popped out the vent which turned out to be Alice as Cindy helped her out the vent and they both looked at me and Ziggy, then back at each other

"You did it" Alice said, shocked and I assumed she was talking about Cindy killing Tommy

"We did it, that and he was gonna kill my sister" Cindy replied, then pulling Alice into a hug

"Ok, careful, ok this thing is like a million years old" Alice said holding a bag which made Cindy confused

"I brought that a month ago" Cindy said, looking down at the bag

"No I'm not talking about your stupid bag dingus, blood will fall, Satan's stone ok it was there's all this time buried under the moss and I found it" Alice said, making me, Cindy and Ziggy confused

"Found what?" Cindy asked her

"3 guesses" she said as she took us to a table where she opened the bag and took out a old and bony hand and a book