GHOSTS | ❝I'm not... not ready to leave yet, please.❞
━ IN WHICH Alora and Nancy Drew are determined to find nothing but the truth with solving mysteries in their small town of Horseshoe Bay.
| Book 1 in Alora Drew's Duology
| Alora Drew x Ace
| Nan...
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▌Chapter 2 ─ Cold Case File ▌ ▌Part 1 ─ Season 1 ─ Episode 2 ─ The Secret of the Old Morgue ▌
━━━━━ THE FLOORBOARDS STARTED to creak, Nancy and Alora turned their heads looking behind them as the lights flickered back on. They turned back around glancing back down at the dress that they both held onto. Each had a hand on the blood stained dress as the same question ran through both their minds.
"What's the dress of a girl who was murdered 20 years ago doing in our attic?"
A car door shut and locked, the two looked behind them knowing very well that it was in fact their father returning home from work. They quickly put the dress back in the chest and closed it then they moved out of the attic closing the door all before their dad had come in. After that, the twins sat at the table looking at their father.
"Are you... doing okay?" He asked them.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Nancy answered, Carson then looked at Alora who simply nodded her head in response instead of answering. She couldn't bring herself to answer her father's question because she knew deep down she wasn't okay. She hadn't been okay since their mother died. Ace was the only one that knew she was feeling this way. She hadn't even told Nancy. Carson leaned down on the counter, looking at them.
"Nancy, Alora, I am so sorry for keeping things to myself. I need you both to know nothing ever happened between Karen and me while your mom was still alive. But then she was here..."
"Nancy and I thought we knew our dad, but if he could lie about Karen, he could lie about anything. Including what really happened to Lucy Sable. That was something we needed to figure out."
"...and that's when things started to change between us. We wanted to tell you both. We just didn't know how. Is there anything either of you want to ask me?"
"Yeah. Are you the reason she's known as 'Dead Lucy'?"
"Nope." Nancy said.
Carson then looked to Alora. "If I think of anything I'll ask." Alora replied, staring at her father. Though she had an absent look on her face.
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The following day the twins walked into the police department together. Alora came to a stop first, eyes on the board. Nancy stopped next to her. They took a closer look to see their pictures on it, Nick, George, and Bess also had their pictures on the board. The five of them had been placed under the prime suspects category.
Ace and Ryan were on the board too, but they were put into the witness category. Alora sighed, stepping away from the spot she'd been standing in and she moved towards the door Nancy following her. Nancy moved ahead of her, reaching for the door; however Chief McGinnis stopped the twins from entering.
