Lie For Lucy (A short story)

Chp 1- Almost Halloween Night🎃

Dr. Amelia's POV

It was 30th October. A day before Halloween. I was so tired of all the counselling. Perphaps Halloween gives goosbumps to a lot of people.*sighs and rolls eyes*

I was supposed to meet four orphan girls at 6pm. Apparently they needed a little counselling. I had an hour in my hand. I showered, changed into my casuals- black leggings, white tank top covered with my full sleeve black coat, ironed my brown hair with my weird looking blonde highlights, took my handbag, phone and car keys and left for the orphanage.

The whole ride was so boring and tiring. It was a long ride until i reached to the address that was given to me by the church. The house had a big gate at the front surrounded by black fences. The house seemed very old. I climbed the few steps made in front of the door and rang the bell.

A nun opened the door. Might be Sister Christine. "Hello" she greeted me politely.

I shook her hand and said," I am Dr.Ameli--"

She cut me and said "I know who you are Doctor."

She smiled in weird way like she was scared or something.

"Come in, Doctor." she said.

"Call me Amelia." I said in a tender tone.

As i entered the house, it had a very vintage type interior, old furniture and carpets were like from my time when i was a teenager.

"Will you have some tea?"
Sister asked me.

"Yes please, its very cold outside"
I replied.

After we had the tea, she took me upstairs to meet the girls who i had to counsel. The stair case made weird sounds like it was gonna break. We made it to the room. She opened the door to a room which had four beds, two on one side and two on the other.

As we stepped into the room, the girls stood up from their beds and gathered in front of us. Such well mannered children.

Sister Christine said," Girls this is "Dr.Amelia ahh--" She didnt knew my last name.

"Amelia is fine" i jumped in to start a conversation.

"Hi girls, You all are so well mannered and beautiful young girls. Can i know your names?"

The eldest girl spoke," I am Nancy, she is Annie, And that's Taylor and Carrie."

"Oh my, you all have such beautiful names." i replied them.

Sister Christine left after saying," I will let you all talk, will call for supper."

She shut the door so loud it felt like a horror movie. I sat on the bed with the girls.
Nancy and Annie were like 18 ,Taylor was 13 and Carrie was 7.
Carrie was so cute. She had such adorable and convincing eyes while other girls had a different attitude towards me, like they didn't wanted me there.

I started the conversation by saying,"So how was your day?"
They didnt reply much except for 'okay'.
It was getting awkward. As a psychologist i had to be the positive one and try again.

"So what do you guys like to do?"
I tried to start the conversation again.

Carrie replied to me," I stole some nutella today! Just wanted to confess"

"Okay" i said as we both were giggling. The other three girls didn't have any interest in talking to me.

But Carrie was on the run.

"Can you tell a scary halloween story?"

"Sister Christine does not know any.
And she wont let us put any spooky decorations or go trick or treat"
Carrie said in a sad tone.

"Yeah sure, I know a very nice story" i replied "but only if you all could join me and listen the story TOGETHER"

I made a clear sign to the other three girls.

They made faces but then Taylor replied,"Fine,but I hope this story is worth listening on Halloween night." Taylor said.

I replied, "It is."

"And also has to be scary af!", Carrie exclaimed.

I replied," it sure is. And you know what 'af' means?" I said with a confusing tone.

"Yes, scary as fish!!" She exclaimed

"Oh thank god", i exhaled the tempo and continued,

" So this story is about a high school called Eastwood Lake where they have halloween prom night." i said in a spooky voice to bring the feel.

"Geez" Nancy said while rolling her eyes.

So much for the spooky tone.

I continued, in a normal tone," This story is about the murder of Lucy Grail."

Carrie gasped as she got scared and the other three just giggled.
I kept on going.

"So ten years ago, in Eastwood Lake High, there was a big halloween and prom celebration. It was all spooky and scary. There was a beautiful blonde girl named Lucy. She was wearing a white bride costume with a mask on her face. She was looking so pretty. And her groom, of course, her prom date Adrien was looking so handsome with his perfect jawline and beautiful blue eyes and wavy black hairs. Lucy loved her prom so much that she wanted to make it perfect and it was perfect until she was found dead in the school hall with a base ball bat next to her covered with her own blood."

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