Grandad's Secret ✔️

Way too kind

A week later, I met some girls from our neighborhood called Zoe, Sophia and Cynthia. They lived a few houses down. Surprisingly no one lives in the houses around us until two days ago, a family moved in.

One day, we were at Zoe's house chatting about how my daily life was at the city and they were telling me about their daily lives when I remembered about my grandad saying that once I have some friends, I'll know why I can't go far away from the house.

"Zoe why aren't we kids as allowed to go far from here?", I ask

Suddenly, all their faces dropped from happy to serious, like real serious.

"Are you sure you want to know?" they all whispered very quietly

"Why would I ask if I didn't want to know?", I replied
"All right then, once we all went far away from here to see what was down there that banned all children from going down there", Zoe says

"What was down there?" I asked

"People, people who lived around your house, and they have gone crazy", Sophia said

"How?", I asked "I don't understand what you girls are saying", I added

"All of the people were screaming when one of them saw us, and they were saying something similar to another," Cynthia said

"And what is that?" I asked

"They kept saying THERE GOES THE MAN WITH HIS MOUTH FULL OF BLOOD!!!," Sophia said, "it's said that they usually say that the moment they see anyone"she added.

"And I've even heard some people say that it's your grandad....."Zoe said

"NO, it can't be my grandad,"I said laughing"he's WAY too kind to be a person who can drive people crazy."I added

"That's our point, he's a bit WAY too kind"Cynthia said

The place was silent after Cynthia spoke, I looked slowly at all their faces, they were serious and I was confused

"How does a man being way too kind qualify him to be a man that drives people crazy?" I asked and they just looked at each other

"I am so confused!" I exclaimed with a slight groan

"We all are" Zoe said "but you just have to be careful if you're staying here, we don't just talk to anyone and we don't just go anywhere" she added

All this was too much to handle, my grandad? A man that drives people crazy?

Doesn't make sense

"I know you're having doubts--" Sophia started

"Of course I am" I said

"But--"

"I mean I live with him" I said "and do I look crazy?" I asked

"You don't think we're too jobless to start cooking up stories about your grandad, do you?" Cynthia asked

"The whole town knows, ask anywhere you go and they'll tell you" Sophia said

"So why haven't they done something about it?" I asked in confusion

"If you know where a monster lives, would you go meet it and something to it?" Zoe asked and I frowned

"My grandad is not a monster!"

"I didn't say he was, I was making an example" Zoe said with a facepalm

"What if I asked him?" I asked and they all fell backwards, laughing in a shrieking girl manner