I sat at the end of my bed. I could hear my parent's voices outside my room, I could tell they were standing there because I could see their shadows lingering under the door frame. They were talking about grandad's house for some reason. I stood up from the bed and reached for the glass of water on my bedside table that I had been drinking from. I took it in my hand and walked over to my window, opened it and tipped out the water. I then walked up to the door and put the glass softly against the polished wood to listen to my parent's conversation.
It was strange. Mum seemed to be crying for some reason, but I couldn't tell why but before I could listen any further I heard my parents stop speaking. Oh no, I thought to myself, I ran to my bed and quickly put my glass on the bedside table, I then scramble to the front of my bed and try to position my body to make myself look relaxed and calm.
I stare at the door knob as it slowly turns, my heart starts racing and my breathing gets faster by the second. My mother and father open the door and walk in, my eyes widen, "Emily" says mum "Why were you listening to our conversation?" asks dad, "I don't know what you are talking about" I reply, "We know you were eavesdropping on our conversation" says mum, "evesdropping? seriously I was just laying here on my bed, as you can see" I say, "Emily, we know you were because we could hear the window open" dad says.
"Don't do it again!" they say, mum then closes the door. I walk over to the window, I put my hands on the window frame, I pull them towards me "Dang it" I think to myself as the hinges of the window frame squeak together, I then brush my fingers against the old faded Dora The Explorer stickers.
After dinner mum tells me to go to bed so I do, as I lay in bed I hear mum and dad talk again. "we need to tell her" says dad, "NO" says mum, "she is old enough to know" says dad "FINE" says mum. I hear mum walk down the hallway to my room, she opens the door, looks at me, kisses my forehead and then closes the door.
I hear them both walk to bed.
I then hear the sound of mum and dads light flick off.
I wasn't sure what all this meant but I did know that I was going to get to the bottom of it.
I then feel my eyelids close.
darkness surrounds me.
I sleep.
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The Swing
Mystery / ThrillerEmily has just turned fifteen and her parents believe that it is time to tell her everything about the secrets that lie in her, not long deceased, grandfathers house. But, is everything as it seems? and is someone out to get to the secrets before sh...
