ᴀᴜɢᴜsᴛ | ᴊᴊ ᴍᴀʏʙᴀɴᴋ

Pᴀʀᴄᴇʟ 9

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"Okay, so the road should split up here." Pope says

"Okay."

"All right. You're gonna take a left." John B turns down the road

"That looks like a stone wall to me." JJ says as they stop

"This is it." Pope says as they start to get out

"Not the Crain house." John B sighs

"Are you kidding me?" Kie says as she and Estrella walk up to the wall

"Worst-case scenario." JJ says

"Why'd it have to be here..." Pope says, "of all places?"

"I heard that Mrs. Crain buried her husband's head on the property." JJ says. Everyone looks around as they go silent.

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Everyone got over the wall and they were now making their way toward the house. It was taking a lot longer than Estrella would've liked it too.

"Look, you guys know whose house this is, right?" Kie says

"Oh, yeah. No, I do." JJ says

"Honestly, I don't really believe the stories of this place." John B says

Pope turns to him, "Shh."

"What?"

JJ walks forward to catch up with Estrella, "Which stories did you hear?"

"The one where she killed her husband with an axe and that she's been holed up ever since." She says, "On certain nights, when the moon is full," She turns to him and whispers, "you can see her in the window."

"No, Star, it's not funny," He says as she laughs at him, "cause it's all true. I swear to God, guys, this is all real. I knew Hollis. Jeez!" He jumps as a statue comes into view

"Wait, you knew Hollis Crain?" Pope asks

"Yeah, dude."

"Dude, how do you know Hollis Crain?"

"She was my babysitter, man. She told me all about it. Told me the truth," He says looking between them, "about her mother and what happened in this house. So as a kid, she heard all the stories that her mother killed her father, and how she was a murderer and all. Hollis didn't believe it. Until that night."

"What night?" John B says

"It all came back to her. When Hollis was six years old, she heard her parents arguing downstairs. So she goes downstairs to see her mom washing her hands in a sink... full of blood."

"Her mother just says that she cut her finger. The next morning, she says her father and her split up. But then, Hollis noticed something. Her mother going into the parlor constantly, in and out and in and out with plastic bags."

"Weeks pass, and Hollis decides to use the outhouse. And as she's using it, she looks down, and there, in the outhouse, is her father's head, looking straight back at her."

"Shut up." Estrella says shoving him

"God, you are so full of shit." John B says

"Dude, I swear to God, man."

"Did she call the police?" Pope says

"She didn't have time." JJ says as John B tries to walk past him

"We can't do this-"

"Wait! Dude!"

"What?" John B stops