I couldn't sleep last night. I was thinking too much. About mom, that call last night, the dead body. It all seems to oddly add up perfectly.
I turned on the tv in the living room. The news was playing.
~A young man named Kennedy George Garrick was found dead. The late Kennedy suffered multiple stab wounds. ~
I changed the channel. I don't want any of that to distract me anymore. I went on with my life, do nothing.
My mom was in her bedroom sleeping. She's probably tired from all the moving and stuff. I went downstairs to the kitchen to get some light breakfast. I took my phone with me.
As I went and poured the milk in my cereal bowl filled with cereal, I got a text. It was from Kenny.
Did you saw the news?
I replied to him "ofc I saw". He sent me a scared emoji saying Aren't you shocked?. I was confused. Unless he knew that the body was found at my house which he didn't, then I would be shocked.
I asked him what he meant. And what he told me was frightening. He told me that Kennedy was the guy that went missing from my school eight years ago. Then everybody had just forgotten about him as the years went by. He didn't really talk much. Didn't have friends. Guess his killer decided to show up after he was forgotten hoping no one would even bother to care. But it does seem weird.
As a spoonful of cereal enter my mouth, I thought to myself. How come the body didn't rot if he was murdered a while ago? It's as if the murderer kept him alive all this time just to be killed yesterday. Another question is, why my house? The murderer probably have something to do with this house before me and my mom stayed here.
Hey can you get online today?
Kenny texted me again. He was talking about a game we're playing online. I replied yes .
"Nick?" My mom called out from upstairs. "Yeah mom? Do you need my help?" I asked. I went upstairs and saw that she was still sleeping. I was in shock.
What called me out just now. A ghost? Can't be. I checked around the house but don't see any intruder signs. I began to cower. I was a known coward at school. There's no surprise how scared I am at this moment.
I decided to brushed my teeth, get my skateboard and head out for a while. Get things off my chest.
A couple of minutes I was outside skating. I started to think about the body. Then I tripped on a branch. I fell on my knees. The times when I didn't wear a knee pad.
"Argh shit!" I said as my knee started bleeding. I ran home to get a bandage. I tried running faster. But to no avail due to my knee bleeding.
As I was running, I saw a man in a green hoodie. I couldn't see his face cause he was far in front of me. Pretty sure he was covering his mouth with a mask. He didn't do anything, just stood there in the middle of the road. I ran home anyways not worrying about the man in green standing silently.
