Getaway

8

"So, where exactly is the lake?", Kiara asked Nancy.
"According to my studies, it's approx. 20 minutes from the backyard of Westwaters'", Nancy replied.
"So, we have to go outside.", Kiara asked, "Jesus, it's -0' outside. Atleast the heater's working here."
"C'mon, Ki, it's only 20 mins.", Emanuel said.
"No, I am not going, you guys go.", Kiara said, moving forward and opening the back door. A cold gust of wind flew in. Kiara shivered.
"Em. Why don't we stay? You know, you and me?", Kiara said.
"No. I wanna go. I will be back in a jiff.", Emanuel said.
Kiara closed the door after they closed the door.
Emanuel is an idiot. Kiara entered the hall. So what will I do? She slowly climbed the stairs.
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"Em. You're the biggest idiot!", Trisha laughed, walking the snow covered path.
The others laughed too.
"Why?", Emanuel asked confused.
"She so wanted you to stay and you know..do it.", Trisha said and laughed again.
"No.", Emanuel said, "I am such an idiot."
"You're a dead fuck.", Sid said and now everyone laughed.
"Should I go?", Emanuel asked.
"We are already halfway there. You might get lost on returning.", Amy said.
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At the hotel, Kiara was exploring a room upstairs. It was getting darker and others were still not back. Where are the others?
Suddenly she heard something. Someone's footsteps behind her. She turned back and saw no one.
"Em! Is that you?", Kiara shouted.
Kiara turned back and started looking at some things on a small desk. There were some pictures and a box full of rings, earings and other personal stuffs. There were cell phones ranging from old Nokia models to older smartphones.
Weird. Who will leave these stuffs here?
Again. Kiara heard the sound again. "I swear, if it's you, Em! I'm.."
Voices. She heard downstairs. They're back. Kiara ran downstairs carrying the box of stuffs and the pictures.
"Ki. We found the lake. It's real.", Em shouted.
"Why are you shouting? Oh. And I found these.", Kiara said and showed the stuffs, she brought.
Nancy took the pictures from her hand and Cassie took the box.
"These are full of rings. These are not the things the people leave behind.", Cassie said.
"And I found lots of phone too. It's upstairs.", Kiara said.
"And look at these pictures.", Amy said.
They all gathered together and looked. They were some pictures of a family. A woman was holding her kid in one picture. In another picture, a boy and the same woman were sitting on a lawn chair outside the front of the resort. Amy flipped the picture and 'Byers' was written behind it.
"Byers!", I have heard of it.", Terry said.
"Weren't they owners of this place?"; Nancy asked.
"Yes. That Byers kid, he killed his whole family.", Terry said.
"No. No. I have researched about them. That didn't happen.", Nancy said, walking to the dusty sofa. She patted the dust and sat down.
The others followed and sat down.
"You see, back in the 50s. The lady Byers, I forgot her name. She had a son from her first husband. She opened this resort after she married again. Her second husband didn't like the boy.", Nancy started her story.