Klea Locklear is the new girl in Derry, and boy is she the in the spotlight. Klea and her father bought THE Well House hoping to fix it up not knowing what lives below. One day when she comes home from her late shift at the library, klea meets a clo...
"-City boy, born and raised in south Detroit! He took the midnight train goin' anywhere!"
It was a Tuesday, late in October when my Dad and I got to Derry. Damn this place is small. We were jamming to Journey, zooming through town. My mind raced. I was happy to be leaving the shithole my parents called home in Washington. But I missed my siblings, my Mom, my friends. My Dad is fun though. My best friend. We would stay up all night watching Archer and eating icecream. My mom hated it, she said I needed a better role model. They divorced, I chose Dad. He thought Derry would be a fresh start so we bought the worst looking house we could find to patch it up and call it home. And here we are in front of it.
The Well House.
I walked through the hall, every step creaking. The place smelled like mildew and iron. "Klea." I turned. "Why don't you find a room, claim it, I'll be back. Gonna get some real food for us."
"Alright." I continued through the house, up the stairs and into a large room. I stepped up to the window watching my dad drive off. All of a sudden the door slammed shut making me jump. I sighed, nobody was there.
I made my way to the library looking for an easy job. I got weird looks from some of the elderly because school was in session and wasn't there. Well they can kiss my toosh cause I wasn't enrolled yet.
"Uhm, exuse me? Sir." I tapped a darker mans shoulder and he turned to face me. "Hi, I'm looking to find a job."
He smiled and held his hand out. I took it. "I'm Mike, I'm the librarian. What kind of job you looking for."
"Klea. Any job will do fine, I'm just fixing up my new place with my Dad. It's easier for me to get one so we can remodel everything."
Mike nodded. "What's this new place called, may I ask?"
"Well house. The old grey place with the tattered yard."
His face went blank, no, he looked terrified. I waved my hand in from of his face. "Mr. Mike. Helloooo."
"I-i, you can work with putting things away and helping people around, $3.50 an hour. I have to go. Seen you some other time Klein." Mike rushed out of the library leaving me stunned.
"My name's Klea."
I rushed home, it was pouring rain before I even got a block away from the library. My dad was home already. He was standing by the door waving for me to run. I hit a dead sprint inside. "Whoo! Holy fudge it's cold." I looked over to my dad getting a glimpse outside as he shut the door. I saw a clown staring at us.
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"Did you see that clown?" I asked.
"What clown"
I sighed. "Never mind, just a little freaked out by the rain." I went to leave to my room when water dripped on my face. Damnit. "We have leak."
"We have them all over the place. I'll put a bucket under it and fix the roof tomorrow. For now, eat and go to bed. We've got a busy day tomorrow."
