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" You were riding your bike to the sound Of "it's no big deal" "
Matilda, Harry styles
Later that day, Finney woke up to the phone ringing. He got up and answered "You said my name was billy" "Billy Showalter" "DON'T call me that. There's only one person allowed to call me that!" "what do you want me to call you then" "paperboy. See that wall in front of you. See how that wall is separated from the floor?" "ya" "I tore a long cord loose from down there. I kept it hidden"
Billy made a bottle spin and pointed it at the window. He hung up the phone. Finney put the phone back where it was resting and got the cord. He wrapped it around his hand and tried throwing the cord at the bars on the window. After that didn't work. He grabbed a carpet that was rolled up he put the cable up through the hole and got it into the bars on the window. He made a knot with a hole big enough to put his foot in. He put his foot in and started to climb up the wall while using the cable for support. He pulled the bars off the window. But fell and got hit on the head with the bars.
After that, he just sat on the mattress thinking of what to do. After thinking for a while he dug the hole in the ground even deeper. He put the bars in the hole and covered it. Afterwords, he waited for the Grabber to come down. The lights turned on and he pretended to be asleep when the Grabber walked in. "I know you're not sleeping," he said to Finney in a singing tone way. Finney sat up "I'm starving" "tell me your name" "why do you care?"
"I usually don't. I usually found out from the paper. They print out a nice big picture and all the details I could ever want. All the things you boys lie about" "what's different this time?" "Well, well it's complicated too complicated, and nothings going right" "let me go" "I'm thinking about it" Finney looked hopeful "I promise I won't tell anyone. You can blindfold me drop me off and ill walk home" "tell me your name" "Taylor...Mullen" I thought it was a stupid move on Finney's part. The Grabber walked into the room and dropped the tray of food. He threw a newspaper at Finney. "I was really starting to like you. Finney" he kicked the tray. "I almost let you go" it was just a lie he told to his victims.
He left after saying that. Finney ran to the door to try and open it. Then the phone rang. Griffin tried talking to him but he couldn't. Later, now it was late, real late. Finney was laying on the mattress waiting. He sat up and heard a dripping noise. Like a leak.
He looked to the corner with his rocket flashlight and saw Griffin's ghost in the corner blood dripping from his neck. Then Finney got up from the mattress holding his breathe while still holding his rocket flashlight in his right hand. He started walking towards The phone that was on the wall. he picked the phone up and put it to his ear and said "hello?" he has heard nothing from the phone and he turned around pointing the flashlight at the spot Griffin's ghost once was. he repeated himself "hello" again but hear nothing. "hello?" "You don't have much time. The Grabber hasn't been sleeping. He thinks that this might be it. that he's gonna figure it out. Who's gonna figure it out." "His brother upstairs" Griffin started to laugh sarcastically. "Are you Griffin?" "Who?" "Griffin Stagg." "Probably it's all a little hazy, but I imagine you know all our names."
"every kid does. I didn't know you" " nobody did. you spent so many years invisible. Then every kid in the state knows your name" I felt sad when I hear griffin say that. I even started to tear up. "because when you're a nobody that's exactly what it was like when you get abducted. " you don't have much time" " why hasn't he killed me?" "you won't play the game. you have to play. if you don't play he can't win" "what game?" "Naughty boy. We all had to play it. That's why that other boy told you not to go upstairs. If you don't play naughty boy. The Grabber can't beat you and if he doesn't beat you he can't move on to the next part of naughty boy that's his favorite part"
"what's the next part?" He started to laugh again. "You don't have much time" "you said that" "he not been sleeping" "you said that too" "well yeah, he is now. In his Chair, he passed out waiting for you to play" "what good does that do me? Wait, the door is still unlocked" Finney whispered to himself as he looked back towards the door. "the door is still unlocked" "do I just go?" "There's a combination lock inside of the storm door. It was my bike lock" "your bike lock?" Griffin knew where his bike lock was because we would get vision, glances, or whatever you want to call them. Of things that were happening and that had happened. Griffin had a vision of the Grabber putting his lock on the storm door. "Yeah, he took it. When he took me."
" what's the combination?" " I don't remember. I remember Being afraid of forgetting. that's why I wrote it down" "what? Where?" " I carved it with a bottle cap in the wall" "where? what wall!" "The one to your right. That shoulder height when sitting down"
Finney let go of the phone walked to the wall and got and got down to shoulder height using this flashlight to look at the wall and found some numbers. 23317. Then Finney repeated the numbers to himself. Then you picked up the phone and repeated "23317" to Griffin on the phone. "If you say so" "23-31-7 or 23-3-17 or 2-33–17?" " I can't remember" " Griffin" " I can't remember! You'll have to try them all and you'll have to be very quiet about it." "Yeah. Ok. Thanks" After that Finney hung up the phone.
Finney had gone upstairs. He was very quiet. He had figured out the combination he made a run for it. The Grabber had awoken.
He was able to run it'll help but in the end. The Grabber got him back. He found himself back in the basement. I just shook my head. Finney was going to get out I had just hoped that it was now rather than later. "We still have time to help him, Queli" "I hope your right, Billy" he grabbed my hand and squeeze it lightly. I gave him a small smile and he gave me one in return.
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A/n: I'm sorry it took me so long to update! I'll try to update the other one soon as I can! (I would like to see an edit of my book if you would make an edit of it!)
