Goosebumps 3 [#Wattys2016]

Chapter 21

R. L. STINE

It was hard to let go of the truth.

"Zach, it's true. Slappy wants to kill Hannah because of an accident that broke their sibling relationship years ago. When he calls me papa, he means it-- literally."

Zach started chuckling. He crossed his arms. "They're siblings?"He made sure. I nodded. Then he laughed hard.

"It's true!"

"Do you even have a wife?"Zach asked.

"I HAD ONE!"I protested. "Jane Waldhorn. I married her on June 22...she died a few years later. I was so angry at myself for letting her go, and I was so alone that I wished I had company. So I wrote Slappy and Hannah and Slappy's twin, but everything went wrong and now Hannah's all that is left of me and Jane."I explained.

Zach nodded. "So Hannah's human?"Zach asked.

"I wrote her to be human. That's why she's part human. Part Jane."I answered. "Hannah reminds me of Jane. Dark brown hair, beautiful eyes, white skin...she's as every bit as perfect as Jane."

"So Jane's their mother?"Zach asked.

"I don't know! I wrote Hannah and the twins to be our kids, so basically it's fiction."I said.

"So...it's a no?"

"Yep."

"Okay."

"NOW GO FIND MY DAUGHTER!"

Zach scrambled to get himself together and check on the investigation on Hannah.

For once, I actually prayed my butt off for Hannah to be rescued and brought back home.

Safely. And in one piece and without a single scratch.

But don't take the 'prayed my butt off' literally because...I mean...my butt is actually still there.

No harm done, folks.

"They're nowhere close to finding Hannah."Zach updated. A tear rolled down my cheek, but I immediately wiped it away to erase any sign of weakness I feel right now.

"Thanks...for the update."I thanked.

"It's a horrible update, you know."Zach frowned.

"Of couse I know that."I said.

"You shouldn't have thanked me."

"You're absolutely right."

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Sorry for the long time no update! I'm currently suffering from a severe case called writer's block because of school stuff eating away my ideas.

I'm very sorry. I'm trying so hard to update everyday but it just turns out to be me adding around 4 sentences minimum each day.