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Who's In Control?

I woke up with my doorbell ringing. I slowly got out of the bed after the best sleep I had since what felt like forever. Slowly descending the stairs I opened the door to find Mara crying. She immediately hugged me.

"I thought you were dead." She cried.

"Wha-what's going on?"

"You slept for an entire day that's what's going on!" She shouted letting go of me.

I was shocked. An entire day? I must've been pretty tired.
"Well, I do feel rested." I said slowly.

"You could've let me know."

"How could I have let you know if I didn't know I'd sleep a day myself?"

"That's true. Still, you scared me." She let herself in.

We went upstairs after I got myself a coffee and started smoking. It felt like it's been forever since I last smoked.

"How have you been doing?" I asked.

"Everything is a mess. There's no improvement in the case. No one died last night. It's been hard on my dad." She explained.

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

"Well, I kinda feel like it is since I was the one who didn't consent on my parents' case opening again."

"Yeah, that might have been helpful but still we don't know if that would help or not."

We talked for a while before getting interrupted by the bell again. Mara went downstairs to open the door. It felt good to finally be rested after such a long time.

"Hey Eve." Jamie came in.

"Hey. It's been a long time." I smiled.

"I know. I didn't want to be around after what happened on the birthday."

"Do you know something we don't?" Mara interrogated him.

"Nope. Just that a lot of people started dying as soon as you guys turned 21." He sat down.

"That makes us cursed I guess." I joked.

"I actually believe that." He said.

"Since when did you become such spiritual?"

"Since when did you become this skeptical Evelyn. It's right there in front of you. Before your birthday you start drawing fucked up shit then you claim you're seeing this dark figure. You get a boyfriend who exactly is a dark figure. You turn 21 and fucking darkness rains on this small fucking town!" He shouted. Mara was shocked. I was even more. "Don't be this blind." He continued, lighting a cigarette.

"You didn't smoke...." I said softly. I didn't want any conflict.

"I do now." He spoke a little calmer.

"Is that why you never responded to me?" Mara asked.

"My problem is with Evelyn." He responded.

"What did I ever do to you, Jamie... You know how much I care about you."

"Well tell that to your demon boyfriend."

What?... "You know Alastair is not a demon." I was getting heated. There's no way he blamed me for all of this.

"Jesus... Evelyn how can you be this fucking blind! He just shows up right after you start doing your drawing ritual shit and stays with you?? Is that really normal for you? Love at first sight bullshit! How?"