What Really Happened on Halloween Night? [Temporarily Discontinued]

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Hey, Guys!

It's Almost Halloween...

In the spirit of Halloween, I'm going to attempt to write a Mystery/Thriller short-book for the #JustWriteIt Halloween Challenge!

10,000 words in 23 days...

Tell me how you like it! :)

Warning: You will be spooked.

Halloween Night, October 31st, 2016

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"You should have left it all alone. Now I have to do something that you know full well I have never wanted to do. You are forcing my hand, Jared. You promised me you would stay out of this part of my life. I have no choice," she quietly utters as her quivering fingers nearly drop the fully loaded pistol she holds. Her normally long, straight hair stands up everywhere and a crazy look has entered her eyes.

"Please, we can get through this! I promise you we will get through this. Put the gun down. Please put the gun down. You don't have to do this. I am begging you not to do this. We have a choice. Run away from all of this. It isn't too late to fix all of this," I desperately breathe out, trying to convince her that her life is more important than this.

"Jared, you don't understand!" She screams at me, droplets of frothy white spit flying from her mouth. "They will find us every time. If I don't do this, no one will ever be safe again. This is our only choice – my only choice. It is time for the sacrifice, and if they do not have one, death will rain upon all of us. I'm so sorry," she says, looking at me the way she once did: with love, and compassion, and with hope. As soon as the woman I know returns, she leaves and the mad, wild-eyed look enters her once-innocent eyes again.

"Baby, we can get thro-" The sound of a gun firing interrupts my plea, and I collapse as the ringing in my ears subsides. Both of my hands travel up my body, to the gaping hole in my chest. She shot me. She wasn't going to shoot herself... She shot me.

"B-?" I began to whisper, but was cut off by blood rushing to my mouth.

That was the last thing I ever tried to say.