Death House - A Nathan Sykes story

Chapter 13 - Strange happenings

Nathan and I were fast asleep in our room. Everything was silent until there was this crash. I jolted awake and looked around. My sudden movement caused Nathan to wake up too. He was never woken up by sounds, no matter how loud they were. He stared at me rubbing his eyes.

"Whats wrong babe?" He asked in a sleepy voice.

"I heard a crash.." I uttered

"It must have just been your imagination. Come on! Go back to sleep!" He said pulling me onto his shoulder and wrapping an arm around me.

I fell asleep again. But then, I heard another crash. This time Evie started crying in her room. I looked over at Nathan who was woken up by the baby monitor. He grumped and cursed into the pillow.

"I got this!" I sighed as I rolled off the blanket and got out of bed.

I started soothing Evie and tried to get her to sleep again. This baby cried too much! Suddenly, I felt a few drops of something falling on my head. I turned on the lights and rubbed my forehead. I was so shocked. I had blood on my hands. I looked up at the ceiling to see blood drops dripping from it. I screamed a little and Nathan came running.

"What's wrong..?" He asked but then froze along with me as he saw the blood from the ceiling.

"Nathan! There's a dead body on the floor above!" I spoke as I was shaking.

We both ran up stairs and saw a very shocking site. At first it took me long to recognize him. It was none other than Louis, Emily's boyfriend. We stared at his lifeless body for a few seconds until Nathan ran to call an ambulance and the police. Evie was crying non-stop not letting me think.

I wondered how Louis' body had ended up in our house. Who would have the motive to kill him? Why is he dead in my house? How did he come in? Who killed him? All these questions where making my head go crazy. I had such a headache.

In no time the ambulance, and the police had arrived. Emily came running too. Her face went pale when she saw Louis' body! She immediately started crying. After a few minutes she looked at me with pure hate in her eyes.

"IT WAS HER!" She shouted.

"What?" I asked shocked.

"YES YOU! YOU BITCH!" She came running over to push me down. But was stopped by Nathan.

"Emily! You've got the wrong idea! Elyssa would never do that!" He tried calming her down.

"SHE KILLED HIM! SHE DID!" She shouted.

"Emily SHUT UP! You dare not talk about Elyssa like that ever again!!" He exclaimed pushing her away from us.

I just stood there watching the whole thing. I never ever imagined her to blame this whole thing on me.

The police came over and questioned me and Nathan about the happenings in the house. They took Nathan. Mac was there soon. Emily was still screaming that I killed Louis. Mac immediately walked to where I was.

"Care to explain?" He asked.

"Mac! I didn't kill anyone! I've met Louis once in my life before. I don't know anything about him other than his name! What motive do I have to kill him? And you know that I wouldn't kill anyone!" I explained.

"But Elyssa! That body was found inside your house! How did it get there?"

"I DONT KNOW! I was asleep! There were a few loud crashes. Evie started crying! I went to get her and there was blood dripping from the ceiling! We ran upstairs to find a dead body on the floor above!" I said. "Mac please! Trust me! I didn't kill him" I whispered.

"I know you didn't! But Elyssa, I'm so sorry to tell you that you are suspended from the department until there is evidence proving that you really didn't kill him."

"WHAT? YOU'RE KIDDING RIGHT!"

"No!" He shook his head. "I need you to give me your badge and guns right away." He stated. I let out a huge sigh. I wished it was all a dream.

Soon men went in to go check my house for any weapons and then I returned my badge. I looked at Nathan who gave me an apologetic smile. He came over and gave me a tight hug.

"I'm sorry!" He whispered kissing my forehead.

"It's not your fault!" I said against his chest.

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I didn't sleep the rest of the night. I couldn't. I am on the verge of losing my job and somebody's blaming me for a crime I never even thought of committing. Nathan tried calming me down, but all I could do is sit by the window and stare outside. My life was getting awful. And there was nothing I could do to change it. No matter how much I tried.

"Honey, just forget what Emily said! She was overwhelmed and just screamed out shit! ok? Don't take it too seriously! Let's go to bed babe!" He insisted.

"She hates me Nathan".."It's quite clearly seen!"

"Babe, nobody hates you ok?"

"Yes she hates me! Just like how my family did and still do!" I screamed and immediately I felt tears forming and I started crying my eyes out. Nathan pulled me into a hug and kissed the top of my head.

"Shh. It's fine!" He said as he ran his hand through my hair. He carried me to bed and pulled me onto his chest. I didn't remember much from there.

The next day I went to meet Eve. In case you didn't remember Eve, she was my best friend in the lab. She understood me the best, and we could always relate to each other as she ran away from home because her parents tortured her.

We had a short meet and I told her all the happenings of the previous night. She gave me some advice and cheered me up a bit. I could always count on Eve for lightening my mood. But we were both a little worried about how Louis' body ended up in my house and who would have killed him. I asked for her assistance in checking the house for any left over evidence. She agreed to come home later that evening.

As I reached home the door flung open and there stood Emily. I can't believe Nathan would let her in even after what happened.

She came closer to me and gave me an evil smirk.

"This is just the beginning babe. There will be worst things to come in your pretty little life. You already lost your family, and now you will lose your boyfriend and then you will lose your baby!" She whispered evilly in my ears and chuckled a little.

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Such a crappy chapter, I know! I'm terribly sorry!!!!! I'll try updating faster now! Please bear with me!

Love yous,

Ella x