CRIMINAL LOVE - heejake

Fatal echoes

⚠️⚠️⚠️READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED IN THIS CHAPTER!!! - it's pretty gorey at the end guys. If you don't fw that then where it says; "Whilst the pair worked in the kitchen in silence, they both listened to the news that was blasting in the background." is where it will start and it'll end at the end of the chapter.

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Finally, Jake was finally home.

After a tiresome week of his first week at high school, and meeting new friends and getting their numbers, socials and so on, Jake just wanted to eat dinner, go on a relaxing walk with Layla and go to sleep, where despite his annoyance, another week of high school awaited him Monday.

Well, before he could do all of that, he had to unpack his remaining stuff and sort out his notes from today - Friday specifically.

Walking upstairs, towards his bedroom all Jake wanted to do is flop down onto his bed and have a nap... or two, but he decided against it and decided to work onto his notebooks and his binder.

A hour and some time later, His mom called him from downstairs to help set the table up whilst helping with the remaining bits of dinner, Jake figured that he should stop with the remaining notes anyways since he's been working on them for a bit, and he's got the entire school year to do it, or specifically speaking, next half term, (where Jake knows he won't pick up a single book but only his video games).

Going downstairs, he helped set the table up, where he put the dinner onto the table with the help of his mom. His stepdad however, was seen sitting down in the living room watching the news, in his hands was a beer - which was a typical occurrence in their household - Layla was also seen lying down on the settee next to his stepdad, probably asleep or gaining her energy for her walk after dinner.

Jake decided to go towards the kitchen where the television could still be heard, so he didn't have to constantly stand or sit next to his stepdad who took the entire space of the settee anyways, it's also shocking to see Layla could fit onto the settee without falling off.

"Jaeyun, can you work on the salad?" His mom asked, Jake nodded with a smile, his mom granting him one back.

Whilst the pair worked in the kitchen in silence, they both listened to the news that was blasting in the background.

'Yes Jules, I'm glad that the Government's project of keeping the greenho-... '

'Huh? Uh. Apologies to the audience for the unexpected stumbling, but the studio and I have just received unexpected news from an anonymous mail and recording.'

Jake and his mom perked up curiously at the sudden change.

'It seems that a family of five, a father and three kids have tragically died outside their home, in their garden in a... ferocious animal attack..? The mom thankfully, however was in the hospital for medical reasons and has not died.'

'...Audience discretion is advised for what I am about to announce.'

'The bodies of the family are bent in half, bones are missing, and what is oddly horrifying, and terrifying to the locals and neighbours of the beloved family, is that there seems to be a sign on their chests. It's small but it's there.'

"Oh my goodness." His mom fretted with a hand over her mouth. Jake himself, shocked and wary, finds himself rushing towards the television.