Chapter 4

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The four of us freeze when his voice comes through the phone

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The four of us freeze when his voice comes through the phone. Knowing that the person on the other end of the line is a killer who murdered two people, kidnapped another and did God knows what else.

"Why are you doing this? What do you want?" I ask, not afraid anymore but angry.

He laughs, he actually laughs. "That's funny, a real classic line. What do you think this is all about Hannah?" He asks and I lose my patient.

"This is not a game, our lives is not some play toy for you." I yell.

"Oh but it is. Why are your little friends so squiet all of a sudden? Afraid to speak now that the horror is real? Let's see how your obsession will get you out of this one. Not so easy when it's real is it?" He laughs again.

"You're a fucking psycho." Aubrey snarls.

"Hey Aubrey, having fun?" He says.

"You know what we think? We think you're a fucking psychopath who's pathetic. You 're killing people because you're insane. You're not even showing your real face, you're a coward." Nolan says with a shaky voice.

"Ouch Nolan, did not expect that from you." He says.

"Let's cut to the chase you obviously know us." Diego says snatching the phone from my hands. He's cool as a cucumber. I swear this guy never gets scared. "But do we know you?"

There's a long pause but we know he's still there.

"You wanna play this game? Give us a reason." Diego continues. "Do we know you?" He asks getting angry this time and raises his voice a little.

"Yes." The killer's voice comes through again.

"Are you in here?" I ask.

"Yes. Come and find me." And with that he hangs up.

"What is that supposed to mean? Does he want us to find out who he is?" Aubrey asks confused.

Then suddenly we hear another voice, this time coming from upstairs. We're not sure if it's a good idea to go there and find out what it is. Not after this phone call. But it could be one of the others trapped here, or it could be a trap from the killer. Obviously he wants us to find him. But why? Why go through all this trouble and hide behind a mask, that we haven't even seen yet, and still want to discovered.

Diego, Nolan and Aubrey are halfway up the stairs running towards the noise when they notice me still standing over Gregg's body. It's the first time I realize that people are dead in here and we're rerunning around trying to solve it like it's a game. The irony of it all. We came for a Murder House and we caught the live action, how lucky are we.

"Hannah, let's go." Diego says in a low voice as he slowly steps closer to me. "There's nothing you can do, he's gone."

I look down at Gregg again, he's actually dead. Someone I known is dead, murdered. Right when I was a floor below from him, hearing his screams as he was cut open, sliced like a piece of meat. Polly is dead too, and so is Amy. Three people are dead so far and who knows how many more. I am not ready to find out yet.

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