Pentatonix: Murder House

Fifty-Nine

Hey guys! I know I was supposed to post a double update yesterday, but my internet was being shitty, so tonight, instead of doing 4 different updates to stay on track, I'm combining two chapters into one!

Get ready for a lot of reading!

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"I'm not crazy. She was here. She was here looking at everything, going on about butterfly wings and...and the Tiffany glass, as if she built the house herself." Nel says pointing to Stephanie Montgomery in the picture she got from Mitch.

Josh and Angelica look at each other quickly and then back to Nel and the old photo trying to come up with an answer for her.

"She must've had a granddaughter." Josh says trying to brush it off.

"Josh, you were on the same murder tour I was on. He said she killed herself, and her only child was dead." Nel says.

Angelica then quickly buts into the conversation trying to change Nel's mind.

"They do say we all have a doppelganger, Mrs. Grassi." Angelica says.

"It feels as if someone is trying to make me feel like I'm crazy!" Nel yells.

"Oh, Lord." Josh says.

Angelica looks at Josh as he has a worried look on his face about the whole situation at hand with Nel and the photo of Stephanie.

"Angelica, how about a calming cup of tea for Mrs. Grassi?"

"Don't patronize me, Josh. In fact, there is someone who wants my husband, who wants my life."

The room falls silent as Nel continues to look at the old picture and Angelica makes her and Josh hot tea to calm them down.

"You know, Cousin Helen went paranoid when she was pregnant with her second. She imagined the stuffed animals in the nursery, dancing to some dreadful African drumbeat. She thought they were enacting voodoo on her! We got her hormones straightened out, and she was right back on the happy track in no time." Josh explains of his cousin.

Maybe Josh is right.

Maybe Nel's hormones are just out of wack because of the pregnancy and that's was she feels like she's going crazy.

Nel has too much pride and could never tell him that he was right, so she kept to herself and continued to look at the old picture, running things through her mind.

"There are things in this world that can't be explained by the rational mind." Angelica says.

"I'd love to spend the day debating the supernatural, but I've got to pop by Mr. Escandarian's office. He's not answering my calls, and if we don't open escrow, you're gonna have a bigger problem than your little ghost story." Josh says getting up and collecting his things to leave.

Nel hums at him and stares of into the distance thinking about everything.

"Or do we think he's a ghost too?" Josh says sarcastically.

"Whatever, Josh." Nel says.

"I, for one, believe in things unseen. Who knows, Mrs. Grassi? We're all just lost souls, aren't we?" Angelica says.

Nel sighs.

"Maybe I am going crazy."

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"I feel like I'm going crazy. I feel like I'm gonna break into a million pieces. He's cheating. I can tell." Shawn says to his friend Tammy.