The Grey's Curse

Chapter Twenty Two - The Fair

A couple days came and passed and I haven't heard a single thing about my mother. it didn't help that Grandma absolutely refused to talk about her and the police department didn't have any answers to give me.

'I don't understand'

I've called the police department everyday at least two times: one in the morning and one at night.

'I have a suspicion that they want to block me from calling them repeatedly'

I stared at my phone; feeling dejected after another failed call at getting any positive news from the police department 'How has nobody found her yet? Or have any leads? It shouldn't be this hard to get some answers' I massaged my head, trying to sooth the migraine that was quickly forming. 

Living with Grandma wasn't bad but still, I wanted closure and most importantly I wanted my mom back home and safe.

'I don't know what to do'

I ran my hand through my hair and released a shuddering breath, desperately trying to keep it together 'How did everything go so wrong, so fast?' I closed my eyes and slowly exhaled, feeling my shoulders slowly start to loosen up.

One night I had come to the horrifying realization that maybe my nightmare about Mom was actually foreshadowing this and now when I tried to sleep, not only do I see glowing yellow eyes, but now I see glowing yellow eyes and mutilated Mom's corpse when I closed my eyes at night. 

It sucked.

And strangely enough, the monster hadn't made a reappearance since I've been with Grandma, given I haven't been here that long, it still struck me as odd, but that didn't stop my paranoia, in fact. It made it worse 'I know something's wrong, I can feel it' My eye bags get worse and worse every day, I was sure I was only getting two hours of sleep a day.

And I definitely felt it.

A ding rang in the room and captured my attention. I looked down at my phone and laughed slightly when I saw the caller ID 'Tanner the pester. It never gets old' I hit answer and brought my phone up to my ear "Hey Tan" I could hear him shuffling in the background.

"Heeyyy Mars, whatcha doin?" I shrugged even though I knew he couldn't see it "Nothing right now, the police still won't don't have any news and Grandma is still Grandma" I sighed and flopped on my bed, stuffing my face in my pillows.

Tanner and I kept in contact and talked nearly everyday since meeting in the hospital, we're practically best friends now which means I'm stuck with his annoying and persistent self.

Just as I predicted.

"Wow really? I figured someone would've heard something by now" I flipped over on my bed dramatically "I know! That's what I was thinking" I heard him hum over the phone "Hopefully you'll hear something soon" I huffed and stared up at the celling.

"Me too" we were both quiet for a moment before our conversation from a few days ago popped up in my head "Hey, when was that fair again?" Tanner went quiet before muttering "Today" Shocked: I whipped my head to look at the little clock on my nightstand.

"And you didn't tell me? It's already four pm" I heard him release sigh "Well, I wasn't sure if you still felt up to it with everything going on, I didn't want to pressure you to go" I sighed and tiredly rubbed my eyes.

"...I still want to go" he chuckled lightly "Well if you're sure, I'm game" I grinned and couldn't help but to get excited as we made a plan to meet up halfway to the fair "Okay, I'll see you later" I hung up with an excited smile.