Crooked Man

T H I R T E E N

Monica's Pov

I stare at her. My eyes full of hatred now. I get up from the bed.
"Monica..." She says, looking me in the eye, "when you told me a riddle..." I gulp and look at the floor "With "mirror" as the answer, I saw dad in that mirror. I saw dad dragging a body behind him in the forest. My body..."

I starts sobbing. "I'm sorry Anna..."
"Don't be, Monica. But I have to go now."
"Where?! Don't leave me again!" I shout. "I'm alone already."
"I will be there when you need it little sis..." And she disappears. Just as she does, the lights go out. And when they turn back on, there's a note on the mirror. It says one word:

Run

Without hesitation I run to the stairs and go downstairs. I take a last look at Ruby as I do so. She's still smiling. Enjoying my defeat and loneliness. I feel like she was there to harm me from the beginning. I reach the hallway to the outside door. The wind is blowing. I don't really know what to do when I get out that door. I'm not coming back, that's for sure. But...where do I go?

I take a breath and open the door. What I see is there so terrifying that I'm left breathless...