HOW YOU LIKE THAT | JENLISA

Chapter 7

Jennie

Sorn disappeared down the hallway to her bedroom, while stifling a yawn, and left me there wondering what that was all about. I started climbing the stairs to my room, and since most of the lights were already out; the place was dark with only a few lights left on. Suddenly, I felt a chill running down my spine, but I kept walking until I heard something behind me, so I stopped and turned around.

Lisa stood at the end of the staircase, wearing blue pyjamas with little duckies on them. Her eyes were dead set on me, with a grim expression plastered on her face. Something about the way she was looking at me felt so wrong, and I felt my heart drumming against my chest.

I could have sworn that I didn't seen her a few minutes ago, when I was talking to her sister.

"Do you need anything, Lisa?" I addressed her directly.

As I expected, she didn't answer. It took me a few seconds to realise that she was holding something in her hand.

"What's that in your hand?"

Again, there was no response.

"I need you to talk to me, Lisa."

She swayed from one foot to another and continued to repeat that.

Okayyyyy....

"Goodnight, Lisa." I told her and began making my way upstairs. This time, I didn't look back.

Regardless, I knew that she was following me. The loud thumping of her footsteps following me was a good enough reason to make me flee. I sped up and when I reached my floor; I hurried inside my room, shut the door, and locked it.

My heart wanted to leap out of my chest.

She was standing outside. I sat down on the floor and looked at the gap between the door. I noticed some movements there. I was scared, but I also didn't want to call Nichkhun because I needed to keep this job desperately. He might think that I wasn't cut out for it.

There was a knock at the door. I decided not to answer it.

After that, I heard nothing for a while, so I thought that she had left and I almost jumped out of my skin when there was another soft knock.

I was having my doubts about the story that Nichkhun had spun regarding the previous nannies being fired because they didn't treat Lisa well. I could bet that the nannies had left after being harassed by her, and not the other way around. I counted to five and answered the door to ask her what her problem was, but when I opened it, all I saw was darkness on either side of the hallway, except for the light streaming from the large windows.

"Lisa, what do you want?" I asked.

There was no sign of her. I started closing the door when a little toy pickup truck rolled forward and stopped in front of me.

At a distance, I saw the silhouette of a tall figure. Waiting and watching.

The toy truck was radio-controlled and it kept bumping against my toe. I looked closely at it and saw a little folded note inside.

I picked the note up and quickly walked inside my room

With shaky hands, I opened it.

The words were scrawled in red crayon.

Hi Jen :)