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CHAPTER 17

MATTS POV-

I'm so glad I'm not dead. But um the situation I'm in isn't great either. I'm supposed to be dead. I'm supposed to stay in this room for who knows how long. It smells like death in here and im not quite sure why. That worries me. But most of all how am I going to get my food? I refuse to starve in this room.

Just as I start to stand up, I take a look to my left and there is a pile of dead girls.

What the ....

Is this a joke? Is this actually happening right now? Did my step-brother actually murder all these people?

I can not possibly fathom the sight in front of me. I bend down trying not to puke all over the place. Looking closely at the bodies they all kind of look alike.

They all pretty much look like Mary. Why is their this many people in the world that look like my girlfriend?

I think I'm seeing things again, but the smell brings me back reality. These women are dead. They probably had families who loved them and who could still be searching for them. My "brother" is doing this. The son of the man my mom is in love with.

Why do all these women look like Mary? I do not understand. Taking a look closer most of them are missing body parts.

I stumble backwards attempting to catch my breathe when I saw one girl who was missing both of her arms and her face looked as though she was set on fire.

Why is he doing this? WHY?! I have to get out of here I have to as soon as possible. I need to find the police and tell them to arrest this man. Mary will be able to testify what has been happening to her.

Oh Mary! At the sight of these girls who knows what Leo has done to her! Her face and legs and pretty much every part of her was scratched up and beaten and bruised. I should've killed Leo when I was in that room with him. But I was the idiot who just stood there holding my girlfriend's hand telling her everythings going to be all right. I was wrong WAY wrong. I have not been here long but anyone can tell this whole situation is just wrong in general. Obviously this creepy man likes to take girls who look alike and I guess murder them .... I need to go get Mary and save her.

MARY'S POV-

Now what am I supposed to do? Leonardo is waiting for me downstairs. He suspects that Matt is dead but I don't know how long he can stay down there.

Wait a minute. Leo's downstairs. Far from here. Maybe I have a chance. Ill run out and find someone somewhere and tell them about this place and then they'll save Matt.

Yes! Yes! Brilliant!

I sprint to the kitchen.

"Hey Mary!" John says laying down on the kitchen floor

Oh john! I forgot all about him!

"How on Earth did you get all the way over here?" I say quickly anxious to get out of the murder place.

"Oh I learned how to crawl around by digging my elbows into the floor."

"Oh, that's nifty." I say slowly walk,ng towards the door.

"Where are you going? Don't leave. Where's that boy I saw a little while ago?"

"Umm- I- ummm- it's complicated."

"Can you at least tell me what my dad was doing to you when me and that guy, I can't remember his name, carried me in that room?"

"I'm not quite sure I should tell you."