The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

Chapter 66

She's not supposed to be filming in the house.

She's filming anyway.

It's been three days since the wrap-up to their not-so-haunted investigation, and now shit is happening and Sunshine knows she has to tell her subscribers, damn her mother's rules.

So, well, the other night she was asleep—or awake, or half-awake, or maybe she was dreaming—and she sort of thought she saw Anna. Which, is weird, because she hasn't even been thinking of Anna. You know. Different house, all that.

Still. Sunshine has the feeling that something is going to happen soon.
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She can't get that dream-daze-coulda been real life-thing out of her head.

Was it a dream? Did it really happen? Did she really see Anna? She just thinks it's all so weird. The literal reason she and Mom moved was so that they could get away from all the ghosts.

And, yeah, okay, maybe Sunshine hasn't completely gotten over her exorcism, or the fact that Andrew disappeared and Mentor is dead and Victoria is missing. But her state of mind can't possibly have anything to do with all this.

Right?

The other thing is, she's been having this feeling. One she knows all too well, one that goes back to the old house—a creepy, unsettling feeling that buries itself in the pit of her stomach and doesn't let go until she screams at the air to go away.

Sunshine isn't stupid. She isn't naive. She knows what this means, but it still unsettles her. If the house is haunted, what does that mean for her now?

"Girl, you better not be filmin' in there," Kat calls from the other room.

Sunshine laughs to herself despite everything that's going on. "I'm at the designated wall! I didn't even flip it around, so they can't even see any of this room that I'm in! Or...you!" She glances at the camera. "She looks horrible, so it's fine."

"Oh, thanks," her mother says sarcastically.

Sunshine grins.

"They'll just have to trust that I don't look horrible. I look hot, thanks."

She rolls her eyes.

"You—seriously, though."

Her eyes widen. "I'm at the designated wall! We decided this was a perfect place."

"Okay."

"Blank and boring and... how come I can't film the rest of the house?"

Kat raises a brow. "Why do you think?"

"Don't know," Sunshine says innocently.

"Bald-faced lie, you totally know why."

Sunshine glares.

"What, do you—do you want to film, is that what you're saying?"

She nods.

"What do you want to film?"

"The rest of the house," Sunshine whispers.

Kat narrows her eyes suspiciously. "Why?"

"Because! People deserve to know."

"They don't deserve anything."

Sunshine makes a face. "She's very cranky."

"I'm not cranky! And I look good, thanks."

"We'll discuss this later," Sunshine mocks her mother.

Kat just laughs.
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Holy. Shit.