Rich Kid (ON HOLD)

Chapter 28: The Cockroach Voice and The Soprano Vocal

Chapter 28: The Cockroach Voice and The Soprano Vocal

When my twin sister and I were watching a series called Supernatural and the scene was about a girl or a boy entering a door that opened by itself, we were always shouting at the television screen the consequences of that stupidity like, no don’t go there the ghost is in there what is wrong with you?

But I guess when it’s you who is faced with the real thing and that situation happened to you personally, you would just be stupid enough as well to go in there and check out why the door opened by itself no matter how scared you are.

“What hallway is this by the way?” Josh gulped, looking everywhere.

It just happens that this hallway is the oldest part of the villa that hasn’t been renovated for years. My grandfather’s villa is humongous and ancestral. This was built even before there is an Yvonne for all I know.

“The oldest part of the villa.” I answered him, staring bravely at the opened door. It was pitch black inside and since all the lights suddenly decided to burn out, the whole hallway is really dark and the moonlight is the only source of light.

This hallway is the longest and filled with various depressing paintings favoured by my sadistic grandfather. The only window in here is the one across us and the one that shuts by itself a minute ago.

I heard Josh squealed in terror when he caught me staring at the door. “Don’t stare at it! What if you just don’t see it but there is already something staring back at you!”

I rolled my eyes at him although I was a bit freaked out by what he said. “Toughen up, man.”

“Whatever, man. I don’t know with you but I’m running my ass off right now.” Josh said to me, obviously about to make a run for his life but I grabbed his hand and pulled him back.

He looked back at me expectantly and I pointed at the door which caused him to squeal in terror again because Josh and his mom is a full-pledged believer of supernatural happenings and somehow it got encoded in their brains that when you stare too long or point your finger at the ‘supernatural creatures of the dark’ they will get mad at you and curse you and you will eventually die in the end.

I rolled my eyes at him for the second time and said, “Don’t you want to see what’s inside that door? Maybe it’s just the wind.”

Josh studied me for a long moment before he groaned in defeat. “You are really going to check it out, aren’t you?”

When he finally realized that I am dead set to check out the room, he groaned again and came with me muttering profanities under his breath. We’re hooking arms by the way. Talk about manly man bravery.

“If someone sees us hooking arms and walking stupidly close side by side, they will think there is something forbidden going on between us.” Josh said thoughtfully.

I pushed him away. “Don’t dwell your gay fantasies with me.”

When we were about three more steps away, I honestly feel scared all of a sudden but there is no way I will admit that to Josh. I still live up to my fearless smugness no matter what.

“You go ahead, I’ll back you up.” Josh encouraged me.

I shook my head in protest, faster than necessary, “I think you should go first. You know way more than I know in crazy things like these.”

“You’re the one who thought of this so you need to commit to this mission and go first.” Josh retorted, crossing his arms.

Pussy.