inner circle

TJ pov

i look through my windows and make sure everything is locked. my parents said they hate to leave me alone considering the circumstances. but business is business. they leave me out of the company as much as possible. i still really don't know what it is the company does.
my heart is racing because of the text messages. i feel as if i should tell the police. but i also don't want to be next. it could just be a prank anyways. i could try tracing back the numbers location, but i really don't want to hunt down a murder. i go to taylor's website to see if the police have any new leads but there's nothing. i was a suspect for a while considering the party was at my house. this is all just so sick. i sleep on the couch because i'm to afraid to sleep in my room. i put a baseball bat next to me just in case. the clock reads 10:30pm. i close my eyes.

i wake up. there's a loud boom. the clock reads 3:30am. i'm alert now. i wrap my fingers around the neck of the bat. i pull out my phone light. i hear another boom
"is someone here!?" i yell. no response. i reach for the lights. i flip the switch up and down. nothing happens. shit. the lights are out. i hear glass breaking. i grasp the bat even tighter. i hear a slicing noise. i look down. there's blood.