little lies | t. hayworth

five

chapter five: the night he came home
authors note; the photo above is Rowan's outfit.

"I knew it. This all goes back to our mothers, and Angela. What did your mom do to her?" Imogen asks.

"I don't know. A said my mom threw Angela under the bus." Noa replies.

"What did A do to you?" Tabby asks.

"He went full fucking Michael Myers. He chased me around my building onto the roof."

"Okay, this is getting beyond dangerous now." Faran says.

"What do we do?" Mouse questions. "Is it time to... tell someone?"

"We can't." I shake my head.

"We're so close to understanding why this is all happening, why... us." Imogen adds.

"Plus, after what Noa went through, not sure we should be disobeying A and telling anyone anything." Tabby says.

"Angela isn't mentioned anywhere in my mom's diaries. But now, we know for sure there's a connection."

"So, the missing pages could be about Angela."

"I've been going through all the stuff at my house, but now that I know what I'm looking for... I feel like I have to start over."

"We can help." Faran smiles.

"Should we meet after school?" I ask.

"I'll bring walkie-talkies from my mom's pawn shop." Mouse says as we all look at her. "Trust me... they're rad."

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"Hello?" Faran says to the walkie-talkie as we all look around Imogen's house.

"Faran? Did you find something?" Imogen questions.

"Not yet, but I made popcorn."

"Is that what I'm smelling?"

"It might've singed a little."

"There's nothing in the garage." Mouse says walking over to us.

"But I'll try the back of the house."

"Tabby? Anything?" Imogen asks.

"I'm heading downstairs right now." Tabby says.

"I'll come!" I exclaim as Tabby smiled.

"Guys, guys!" Noa yelled through the walkie-talkie

"Noa, are you okay?" Imogen asks as Tabby and I look at the basement.

"I'm fine, except your attic is a fucking spider Airbnb."

"Tabby, Rowan, how's the basement?" Imogen asks as we begin walking down.