The Curse of A Lifetime

Chapter 20

CARTER

Everything is a lie, everything was a lie. My mom was murdered and her murder was covered up. She wasn't driving to pick me up because I asked her to, she was driving to meet someone. It doesn't make sense who it was.

At the time my mom and dad were both at home relaxing and then the next day my dad told me she was dead. He told me she was on her way to pick me up from the Haris' house, but I wasn't at their house. I was at the cabin with James and Courtney. My mom knew that, why would he lie? When I told him that he was wrong, he said I must have lost my memory because of the trauma of losing my mom. I swear, I was at the cabin.

James even remembers us going to the cabin. James even texted my mom to come to get me because my phone died right when I sent it. I was not sure if it went through.

Sarah explained her theory to me. She claims that there were holes in the investigation and she believes the entity that was attached to James has been here longer than she thought. She also thinks it is not the same one as her at old house. This doesn't make sense on why it would show up now and attack James.

She and Soran talked about it. Soran is a bit iffy on the theory and I don't really agree either, but Sarah thinks the entity has been possessing multiple people at once. The entity controls multiple people, going back and forth to be able to control them when it wants. She told me at the party James was acting really weird around her and later on, Jasper acted weird too. Japer and James were both affected at the party unknowingly until Sarah saw the entity standing behind them. She told me she saw their eyes darken and become stone-like.

I feel like she is keeping something else from me. She has been distant when I ask her questions about my mom's accident and why she thinks my mom was not going to pick me up.

After she told me everything and we talked more about her theory, I brought her home. It was getting late and I didn't want her to get into trouble.

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"Hey dad," I walk into the living room.

"Hey son," he replies.

"I was wondering if I could ask you something." He takes his reading glasses off and set them down on the coffee table.

"What's up?" He grabs his scotch off the table and takes a sip.

"I have a question about mom." I see him tense at the mention of her, but he plays it off.

She has always been a sore subject for him, she was the love of his life. He gave the world to her and it was hard for him when she died. I remember him staying in his office for days on end and I don't think he slept in his bed for months after she died. He always slept on the couch or stayed up all night in his office.

"What about her?" I sit next to him bringing my legs up off the floor.

"I found an article about her accident and the article doesn't match what really happened." I pull my phone out and pull up the article, "I was wondering if you could look at it and tell me the truth?"

My dad looks at me through his lashes and his face turns from concern to stern. He stares at me like I am trouble. The last time he looked at me like this, I threw a party, and the cops got called on us. I wasn't grounded, but I sure felt like I should have been after he was done with me.

"There is nothing to explain or look at, Carter." He responds.

"But the arctic-" I was interrupted by him standing over me, "Let it go, Carter. There is nothing to discuss."

I notice the change in his tone, the sternest turns to anger. His words are sharp.

"Dad, I think someone covered it up," I continue to push at him.