Hate vs. Love ✓ [Original Version]

Chapter 23 Pennhurst Asylum! Dammit, Julian!

Unedited, sorry :( but trust me, you're gonna like this chapter...secrets of the past shall be revealed.

I hope long chapters aren't bothersome.

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Chapter 23: Pennhurst Asylum! Dammit, Julian!

Julian drove fast at first but slowed down when a couple of police cars drove past us. For once, I was afraid of getting caught. It wasn't like I had done anything wrong but still.

Julian's phone rang as we drove past our school. This club had been a forty five minute drive from my house. So, it was going to take a while.

"...but are you sure? I mean we should just go home, now..." I heard Julian say on the phone.

I narrowed my eyes at the foreigner who kept his eyes on the road. "Julian, you have exactly ten seconds to get off your phone. It's against the law."

"Fine," Julian said. I wasn't sure whether that was directed at me or the person he had been talking to. But he did put away the cell phone which was enough for me.

"Julian, what were you talking about?" I asked suspicious.

"What? Nothing," he said quickly.

"We better be headed to my house," I said firmly.

"We need to have a talk, first. Lucas said there was a place near here where we can all take a small stop and have a break," Julian told me. He met my eyes for a second but then turned to face the road.

"Why can't we just talk in the car as we head home?"

"I am terrible at multi-tasking. I need to talk face-to-face. Plus, Lucas said it's a great spot to stop," Julian shrugged.

"Face-to-face talk? You are weird. And never trust Lucas Crowell," I muttered.

"Call me weird, then. As for Lucas, he can be a bit...unpredictable," Julian said carefully choosing his words.

"Whatever. I don't have anything nice to say about your cousin, so I am done talking," I said as I crossed my arms across my chest.

"Brilliant. I can't wait to see what this place is!"

"I can."

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"Pennhurst Asylum! Dammit, Julian!" I exclaimed outraged when I saw the location.

We sat in the car outside the gates of the old, abandoned asylum. Lucas and his group were waiting in their car. No one seemed to want to go inside the building which wasn't a surprise. Me as Bloody Mary had scared Gabe and Jenna. This place was reported to have actual paranormal activity.

"An asylum? Is it closed?" Julian asked confused. His ignorance was the reason why we were here.

"Julian, this building shut down back in like 1987! It was a private asylum a long time ago where the patients were going crazy!" I explained.

"It is an asylum, after all," he said as if it were obvious.

I shook my head in annoyance. "The patients here were mentally ill but they were tortured in here. No one left the grounds. It wasn't until one patient got out and sued this place. Some media guy got through as well and showed people the real torture inside. The owner eventually shut it down," I sighed.

"What's the problem, then? It's empty," he said still not getting the gist.

I bit my lip and replied, "Have some respect for the people who died in here. It's a haunted attraction but stories about ghost sightings and stuff like that has been reported."