The Triangle

Chapter 6: The Journal

(Janet's POV)
November 21, 2025

I shuddered and stood silent for a moment. My mind stopped working and I thought I could hear his painful screams in my ears. “How? How can someone be so cruel?” I asked, sobbing. Before Jeremy could say anything, the door opened and my mother came in and asked, "Janet? Who were you talking to?" I turned around and saw that Jeremy had disappeared and there was no one there except me and my mother. “Uh...mom I was just talking to Alice,” I told her, pointing to my cell phone. “Oh, okay. Food is ready, dear. Come down.” Mother said.

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After having dinner, I started thinking about how to summon Jeremy's spirit again. A million questions were running through my mind and I couldn't think of anything. I started getting angry and frustrated. Suddenly, I looked in the mirror next to me and saw my birthmark glowing like fire. I panicked and shut my eyes. “What the hell? What's happening to me?” I whispered and gasped for a few moments. I took a deep breath and slowly opened my eyes, hoping it wouldn't glow anymore and it did. It wasn't glowing anymore. I sighed and sat up on the bed and my mind went completely blank for a while. “I want to talk to Jeremy again. But how?” I whispered. He had told me that if I stopped thinking about him he wouldn't be here. He also told me that he came here because I wanted him to be here. I should focus again. So I closed my eyes and thought about him, only him and I softly whispered his name, “Jeremy.” It was completely silent. There was no one there. I opened my eyes and whispered, “He's not here.”

I tried again and again but nothing happened. “I can't summon him. What should I do now?” I whispered in despair. Then instantly it came to my mind that he said that everything about Cassandra is written in his grandmother's journal. I can find everything in it. But how and where can I get it? He didn't tell me where he kept it. Alice! Alice must know something about this. But should I tell everything to Alice because Cassandra who is Elsa Bennett is her neighbor and if she gets to know about all this then Alice's life can be in danger. What should I do?

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November 22, 2025

I stood in front of Alice's house and rang the bell. She opened the door and greeted me saying, “Hey Jany! Come in.”

“Hey Alice, I need to talk to you about something,” I said.

“What about?” she asked.

“Promise me that first…” Before I could finish my words I saw that Jeremy was standing right in front of me. “Impossible!” I whispered.

“Hey, what happened? You were going to say something, right?” Alice asked.

“You can't see him?” I asked.

“Who?” she asked curiously.

“He” I said pointing at the door.

I was surprised because I hadn't summoned him and yet he was standing in front of me.

“Janet, you are scaring me now.” Alice said. “Uh! Nothing. There is no one I'm just hallucinating.” I said.

“What else can happen if you're buried in books all day?” she said laughing.

I smiled awkwardly and tried to ignore Jeremy's presence, but I couldn't do that because I heard him say, “You're not hallucinating, Janet. The journal is in my room. There's a painting on the wall, behind it. And please don't tell her anything about all this. Please Janet.” he pleaded. I nodded and asked Alice, “Can you help me finish the assignment?”

“So that's all you wanted to say?” she asked.

“Yes, that's all,” I replied.

“You really are a thing, Janet.” She said and laughed loudly and then we started doing our assignment. I looked back to see if Jeremy was still there, but he was gone. I sighed and continued with whatever we were doing.

“It's time for snacks. I'm going to get something for us.” she said.

“Yeah sure, I'm hungry.” I said.

She went to the kitchen and I went to Jeremy's room without wasting time. I saw a painting hanging on the wall. I removed it from the wall and put it down. There was a small square shaped locker on the wall with no lock. I opened it and took out the journal. I heard Alice's footsteps coming towards the room so I quickly put the journal in my bag.

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Coming back home, I went to my study room and took out the journal. My heart was pounding and I couldn't wait a moment longer to read it. I closed my eyes and whispered, “I got it.” I took a deep breath and opened my eyes. I was just about to open the journal when I felt someone's presence behind me. Who is it?
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