Sam and Colby: The House

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"Bro, there was this one guy we talked to named Jim. Funniest guy I've spoken to in my life," Kevin said with a loud laugh. We were sitting in a small café in Plainfield, regrouping to catch each other up on all of the different stories we'd heard.

                "He was pretty funny," Devyn agreed.

                "Yeah? What'd he tell y'all?" I asked.

                "Nothing true," Corey chuckled.

                "Jim said Ed had a nipple fetish," Reggie said, letting out a loud laugh. Everyone else immediately broke into laughter, but I froze.

                "And did he say why?" I asked slowly.

                "Yeah, the dude had a doorbell custom made in the shape of a nipple," said Corey.

                "Seemed like a creepy pervert to me," Devyn said.

                "Uh, yeah, well he's going to seem even more creepy when I tell you that it wasn't just shaped like one. It was one," I said.

                "What, the dude taped a nipple over his fucking doorbell? Yeah right," Reggie said.

                "That's exactly what he did, actually," I replied shortly. "Well, okay, he didn't tape it. But he did sew it."

                Everyone's faces lit up with shock, disturbance lining their faces.

                "None of you seemed to really ask why I felt so weird and uncomfortable about coming to the dude's house. I've got pages and pages full of murder reports and victim autopsies and weird things they found in his house. A pair of gloves made out of human skin included, which were found by the first guy Colby and I talked to," I said.

                "We didn't hear anything all that creepy," Tara said.

                "Well, not specifically. There was a lot of ominous talk, though," Kat continued.

                "Yeah, our people just said not to even bother getting close to the 'house of horrors'," Jake said.

                "And to not go in alone. No matter what. Any of us," Sam added.

                "The people we talked to said that, too," Colby said.

                "As did ours," said Devyn.

                "Weird," I muttered.

                "So, you guys ready to go to the house?" Sam asked excitedly, hopping up out of his chair.

                "Ha ha, very funny. No. I'm not going near the place after hearing everyone be so damn terrified of the place," Kat replied.

                "Same," said Tara.

                "Can we just take a car back to the house?" Devyn asked.

                "Yeah, of course," Corey said. He dug the BMW keys out of his pocket and tossed them over to Devyn.

                "Thank you baby," Devyn said. She leaned across the table and gave Corey a quick peck on the lips before standing up.

                "You guys coming?" Tara asked, looking over to Kevin and Reggie.

                "Uhh...," Reggie trailed off.

                "I at least want to go to the house. I don't know how long I want to stay or if I'll want to leave the second I go in, but I want to at least try," Kevin said.