Broken and Fearless // C.B.

Chapter 64

At the airport, Corey joked that we were in Kansas. We got a ride to the Stanley, which was a rather far drive.

I was tired, but I was also watching the sights, as they were beautiful.

We arrived at the Stanley Hotel.

Jake pointed out that they, excluding me, were wearing all black.

We stood in a circle, held hands, and did ring-around-the-rosy.

Corey pointed out that we'd made fun of the ghost, and I frowned, not liking how we were starting.

We entered the hotel and I smirked, remembering my time here.

The clerk told us that he'd gotten eerie feelings and seen pictures.

Another man showed us pictures of the Carriage House.

We walked up the stairs and Corey was walking weirdly.

The entire building was open 24/7, which meant we could go anywhere at any time.

Jake found Colby on a picture, but it didn't really look like him. Plus, there were four people in the picture, not five.

There was something behind Colby and I and we took our mirror selfie.

We made our way to room 217, where Stephen King had stayed.

We went outside and Jake broke something.

Sam briefly explained the spirit rooms. As he was talking, Corey said he'd seen a light turn off and a door open. Someone was in there, debunking any paranormal.

Colby kept thinking of the Shining. Though I didn't say anything, I agreed.

We made our way back to the stairs and Corey pointed out that the mirrors faced each other, which they weren't supposed to do. This was the vortex.

I started feeling oddly nervous and Colby looked at me. "Babe?"

"I'm good. I don't like this area."

"Well, let's go explore, then."

We made our way to the hedge maze and Colby and Jake started reenacting the scene before Jake, Colby, and I chanted redrum.

The five of us made our way to the Concert Hall.

Colby joked that he was turning gay due to the butterflies, to which I just shook my head at my idiot boyfriend.

We entered the basement of the Concert Hall, where Lucy had stayed. She'd stayed in the tunnels.

Back inside the hotel, an employee told us about a little girl's handprints on his mirror every morning.

We got our bags and made our way to a room.

Colby tried to fix a crooked painting.

Jake and Corey found an attic and there was a lollipop on the step. Jake went to get it and hit his head.

He got it and ate it.

While we were commenting how gross that was, Colby reminded us about Lucy.

Sam guessed that someone had put it there.

Jake ate the lollipop and Colby swatted it from his hand.

We reached our room and Jake and Colby punched each other.

Sam unlocked the door and we entered our room.

It smelt like old lady, which the boys complained about.

Jake joked that an ironing board was a surfboard.

The window was opened and we could go onto the roof if we wanted.