Her Scary Tales

Dark humor. (part 4).

WARNING!
This story contains parts of violence, gore, blood and abuse. VIEWERS DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

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TOBY (A month ago)

It was hard to swallow his pasta while pretending that everything was okay.

Maybe I can tell them, he thought, then shook his head at the thought.

It was rather absurd to link whatever he saw this afternoon to Julie's misfortune. Besides, the rest of his gang was cool.

"Hey," his mother placed her hand over his. "She'll be okay." Julia knew her son had a thing for Julie, which she was in great approval of.

"I heard," his father joined in. "You can ditch school tomorrow to see her if you want to. You both saw the bodies together, it's only fair that you rest."

Toby only nodded.

"Chill," his older brother nudged him. "Maybe Julie could stay at ours for a while, you've always wanted her close." Michael snorted. "If you know what I mean."

"Don't be more disgusting than you already are," he got off the dining and stormed off to his room.

"Michael Coleman junior!" Julia reprimanded him.

"Please don't," Michael rolled his eyes.

He turned on his phone and went straight to their group.

♡˖꒰ᵕ༚ᵕ⑅꒱✧*。
The Audacious Seven (50+) messages.
♡˖꒰ᵕ༚ᵕ⑅꒱✧*。
Kim: Guys, Luke is in a coma. He got into an accident too.

Jake: Cap! How sure are you?

Lucy: Shut it, dickhead. Kim, don't play with stuff like that. B, you sure?

Kim: Shit, yeah. Both his parents are surgeons, it's literally on the news.

Jake: You know we don't do news channels.

Kylie: The F? Both Julie and Luke.

Lucy: We're dead meat for sure.

Kylie: Well, I ain't losing no friends. Why's everyone losing parents?

Kim: Guys, I have a bad feeling about what happened this afternoon.

Jake: We need to get to both of them tomorrow. Someone get Toby on it.

Lucy: He should still be with Julie atm.

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Toby went straight to his news feed.

BREAKING NEWS: RENOWNED SURGEONS; ANNA AND JONATHAN SMITH ALONG WITH ONLY CHILD INVOLVED IN BRIDGE ACCIDENT AT MOSCAL...
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Toby could take anything, but losing his family? It would break him into tatters.

His heart hammered in his chest at the very thought.

A shower. A shower will help. He reasoned with himself.

As he stepped into the tub and settled in, he heard footsteps from the roof. He shook his head, claiming that he had to be hallucinating. The footsteps became louder and harsher. He got up from the tub and put on his bathing robe.

His family.

What if they were next?

He sprang towards the door. Opening it, a terrible gust of wind stopped him. He tried to scream or move but couldn't. Behind the wind was the headless man from earlier.

Toby became paralyzed on the spot. A tear rolled down his cheek, and he could taste the saltiness in his mouth as he begged for mercy inside.

But the mysterious creature paid no heed.