House of Spooks (COMPLETE)

Chapter 7

"Who were you talking to in there?" Mabelle asked.

"Nobody." I lied. Y'know, like a liar.

"Tell us."

I sighed. "Alright. I tried to call Celine but some Burheiser guy picked up. He said that he was from some business called Jarvis Exterminators."

Samantha choked on her tea, wheezing and gasping, unable to fathom what I just said.

"Jarvis," She hissed.

"What about it?" I asked.

"A long time ago, maybe a year or two before I died, Camilla Jarvis was in a gang, called the Pinstripes, along with me, the leader. Camilla was my friend's wife at the time. One day we were playing a game of poker at an infamous club in England. The queen was in power, then. I won 10,000 Euros and decided to split it with the other members. Camilla was jealous that she didn't win the money and framed me for cheating. She says, 'hey, she cheated. Hack her fuckin' hands off.' But, she was caught lying and received the death penalty, as it was strict back then. She was hung on a willow tree, and got thrown in the dumpster."

"And now she's running an, um...extermination business?" I asked.

"Yes...a ghost business," Samantha said, throwing her cigarette to the ground and stomping on it.

"And she's captured Celine for what reason?"

Samantha looked down at her feet. "Sure you want to know?"

I nodded. "Yes. I need to know what's gonna happen to my girlfriend." 

She wants to kill her. Camilla's business isn't for bugs. It's for torturing and murdering Abovegrounders who lucid dream their way into this world." 

I groaned, my hands twitchy as I buried my face in my hands. "Holy shit."

"We'll help you find her, Devon," Samantha promised. "Trust us."