Chapter: SHE'LL REMAIN A MYSTERY."Where are we going?!" When the light from the lamp post crossed his eyes, I noticed how dark and horrible they were. I attempted to yank Archer's hand away from me, but he became quite violent."You fucking lied to me! And if you can't love me back, I'm going to get rid of you instead " There was no other man, no stalker, and a man with a face mask. It was just Archer and me. But before that happened, I called Emmy to the Meadowoods Library before Archer ever got close to me. When I asked for help for the third time, I told her that I would go with her since there's someone who's threatening to kill me. Of course, she was concerned.I had the entire plan written down before Archer did. But it was never my intent to drag Amalia under her grave."Calm down, Archer; we can talk this through." He was practically twisting my hands and tried to shove me inside his car while I was in pain. But I needed to buy some time because Amalia hadn't arrived yet."Why should we talk
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Chapter: 60 SIERRAEveryone in Camden Town knows practically everyone else, including the famous Mayor and his family. As I already stated, I did a great deal of reading and pondering before heading to that location. As a person who grew up in a bizarre and aberrant environment, everything must have a reason, or else your existence will be meaningless. My intention to kill myself was pure when I drowned myself, but after I was awakened, I gradually wanted to restart my life because of Jade and Everson, but my flesh was telling me that living a simple life was never for me. I knew Everson was friends with Archer; while I was going around Camden, I would see them together, and there was a whisper in my ear instructing me to do what I wanted to do. And it was to get close to Archer Leviticus. When I thought about him, I told myself that I needed to see a psychiatrist again since everything about me isn't normal anymore. I want to be good, but I also want to be bad. I started hatin
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Chapter: 59 SIERRA"Thank God, you're awake!" Jade pulled me back to life when I thought I had sunk to numbness. It was a terrible heartache, and I felt like Jade smashed my dream. I was already so close to dying. I was so enraged by her but something unusual happened to me that day when I witnessed a single tear fall from Jade's eyes. It was as if something struck my heart; it was the first time in years that I thought someone truly cared about me. And the fact that she was a complete stranger made me appreciate her even more. Someone risked her life to save a piece of garbage like me while I was alone in the vastness of the water. That day, I couldn't decide whether to be glad that He had kept me alive or angry because I knew that once I was living, something awful would happen in my life again. But now I already know the answer. Being alive is cruel to me. I didn't deserve to have a second life. It took me a week to finally respond to Jade becau
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Chapter: 58 SIERRA"She left us." I placed my hand on Amalia's shoulder to stop her from walking. "Let's just face it." I told her once again, and when Amalia eventually stopped, I closed my eyes in relief. She turned to face me, her eyes and entire face scarlet from crying. She knelt on her knees and cried even more, panting for breath. "Let's just say she's in good hands now—" "You can't rest assured! Allison, she's just thirteen!" She yelled at me. I looked around and noticed others stopping to stare in astonishment at us. I knelt down, took her hand, and pulled her up, but she quickly swayed my hands away from her. "How can you be so calm? Our sister has gone missing!" She yelled at me again, looking at me in utter disbelief. It had been a year; one day we woke up, Luisa was gone. I knew it would happen soon because Luisa kept talking about asking for help and what may have occurred to us only if we had gone with our sisters. So, I had the feeling th
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Chapter: 57 SIERRA"I fucking despise myself!" Amalia sobbed and smacked her head. I took a nervous breath and bit my bottom lip before taking Amalia's hand in mine and embraced her. She sobbed, burying her head in my arms to avoid looking at our sisters, who were being taken by the cops. While Luisa was sitting on the ground hugging her knees avoiding looking at our sisters. I watched them from a distance, hiding behind trees, as they were perplexed and puzzled of what was happening, their eyes wandering around, attempting to find us everywhere while they sobbed. We didn't have a choice but to leave them or turn them over; we didn't have the money to feed them any longer, and we all knew that keeping our younger sisters in our care wouldn't get us anywhere. The proprietor of the previous motel we were in was starting to get suspicious of us, first, we were just a bunch of kids, and he was perplexed as to why we only stayed in a room with one bedroom, and he probably also
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Chapter: 56 SIERRACarrie was right the entire time because as I grew older, I learned that mama was more than just the mother figure we all want. She wasn't ordinary; she was above and beyond everyone else. She was observant and had finesse, and she knew how to bend straight lines without getting caught. She knew everything about evil, and she also taught me everything. Like Allison, I took Carrie's advice to gain Mama's trust. It wasn't easy, as she had warned me. I didn't know where to begin since whenever I approached Mama, all I could feel was nervousness, and she was always mad and strict with me. Facing her was like facing Satan himself. And what's worse was I had forgotten that I had once been Allison, and I had simply forgotten how to be like her. Allison, as I recall, was a crybaby who was always afraid but yet did things she was afraid of anyhow. But, as time went by, I grew accustomed to lying and became a professional, just like my mother. I felt like I had inherit
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THIS WILL BE THE LAST
24-year-old, Zackary “Zack” Hernandez has aquaphobia, or a person who has a fear of water. Determined to cure his phobia and to reunite with his childhood friends, he decided to go back to the lake house where he was born and to also figure out the truth behind his nightmares that seemed to happen in the lake house.
Before going there, here are the only things they expected to happen: have a blissful reunion, have extraordinary birthday celebrations, a relaxing vacation, to meet his grandparents and sister again, and of course to go back home safe and sound. But what they did not know was they only got themselves on the serial killer's hands and now it's impossible to go back.
The shocking, gripping, and wicked THRILLER story of family, betrayals, and heinous crimes. That will surely make you think of how much knowledge do you know about the history of your family.
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Chapter: THIS WILL BE THE LASTTHIS WILL BE THE LASTEPILOGUEONE YEAR LATERZACK"Congratulations, Zack. I’m so glad to say that this is the end of our sessions." Dr. Peterson, my psychologist, said to me as we both stood up and embraced.I couldn't believe that after a year of therapy, I was finally done. I was diagnosed with PTSD, and it took us a long time to cure the nightmares that I had been having since the night Santi was captured. I admit that lingered with me for a long time, and it's still difficult for me to this day, but it lessens; most of the time, I'm paranoid, thinking they're simply around me when they're not."I'm going to miss sitting here," I chuckled, and he agreed and laughed too.
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVENA NEW NIGHTMAREMAY 30, 2021ZACKSeveral different colors of lights blinded me as soon as we walked out of the garage door, indicating that we were being directed to the ambulance. The general public and the media were quick to follow. I was expecting the cops to put us in handcuffs, but they didn't."Zack!" When I heard my sister's voice, I blinked and sat on the stretcher, searching among the crowd for her. As reporters fought to get a hold of us, several cameras flashed through us, but the police were quick to stop them."Chloe!" I yelled, I was going to hop out of the ambulance when the nurses stopped me, till Chloe got close to me with officers sprinting behind her back."I-I'm truly sorry!" Chloe sobbed as she climbed into the ambulance and embraced me. "
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY-SIXIN HELL, WE ARRIVEMAY 26, 2021ZACK"What were you thinking?!""Don't listen to him; he's brilliant at manipulating us, just like you said. So anything he says will only end up being a lie." Julius murmured, but he didn't look me in the eye."What I'm saying is true; their names are Kevin and Daisy. They were such sweet children, Zack; you should’ve met them. But sadly, they both died in the lake—Debbie killed them both," Santi stated once more. "That bitch is a badass when it comes to drowning kids."Santi laughed.When I return my gaze to Julius, he is glaring at Santi with his fists balled and quivering, as if he is angry at what Santi has said, which further adds to my skepticism.I shiv
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVEHONEST ANSWER May 26, 2021 ZACK "Are you certain about this?" Julius asked nervously as he handed me the chainsaw. I nodded at him and looked at Santi, who was roped to the chair and had a tape across his mouth because he was still attempting to get free. "I've never been more certain," I said. While I was looking at him, Finn walked towards me, placed his hand on my shoulder, and nodded, showing his support. The notion of torturing someone has given me a thrill, and I'll confess that I'm a little anxious and a little scared. This isn't the first time I've killed someone, but it is the first time I've felt a rush in my stomach at the prospect of torturing someone. And it just so happened to be my father, and the fact that I am so thrilled is terrifying.
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY-FOURFILM SHOWMay 26, 2021ZACK"This will be the last," I murmured firmly as I gritted my teeth into him, my gaze fixed on his. I blinked before returning my focus to the fragments of his photograph."And these? And all of these?" I paused. "If you think you can trick me for the second time, you've failed," I sneered. As I watched the rage cross his face again, I narrowed my eyes at him. He looks like he's about to erupt at any minute.I exhaled furiously as I leaned back in my seat and messed up my hair, but I was startled when he smacked his fist with a gun on the table, forcing me to return my sight to him. I'm not sure what happened to me, but I don't feel anything. I don't feel any emotions other than fury, but all the fears I've felt toward him? They're all gone.
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Chapter: CHAPTER FIFTY-THREEALL TO BLAME MAY 20, 2021 ZACK I gritted my teeth as I pushed open the garage door, clutching the gun tightly as I walked carefully inside. Before I decided to step my foot inside here, I made sure to steady my breath and settle the panic inside me. I don't know where Chloe is, and I'm not going to stop looking for her; after I remembered that I witnessedthe filthy animal things he did to my mother at such a young age, I'm convinced that my sister is suffering in the same way that my mother did at his hands. Gabby was mistaken about my lack of familiarity with Santi. Because I do, I just forced my little old self not to remember Santi's true colors. Santi's awful crimes were kept hidden because of my cowardice. It was all because of me if I didn’t absentmindedly twisted my memories of him and choose to believe the few kindnesses he g
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Chapter: Chapter Seven : I Was Wrong About HimPILIPINAS 2022 (ALTERNATE WORLD)[ CALISTA | ENERO ]"Ganito ba talaga rito? Pare-parehas ng mga damit ang mga tao? Tsaka bakit parang hindi sila masayang makita tayo? I mean, sinalubong nga nila tayo ng palakpakan pero hindi naman sila mukhang masaya." Tanong ko kay Thedore bago ako sumandal pabalik sa upuan at tinuon ang atensyon sa kanya. Sobrang lapit namin sa isa't-isa, kaya naman ang mga balikat namin ay nagtatama na. Naaliw ako kakatingin sa kapaligiran, napakalinis at maraming infrastructures, parang pinagsama ang modern and old times dahil sa mga styles ng mga ito. Marami ring mga bahay na magkakamukha o parehas lang ng disenyo, sa tingin ko'y mga pabahay sila. Marami rin naman kaming nadadaanan na malalaki at mararangyang bahay. Napansin ko rin na kahit sikat na sikat ang araw ay hindi naman ito masakit sa balat. Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan ay kung bakit pare-parehas ng damit ang mga tao. Simpleng yellow dress na hanggang talampakan
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Chapter: Chapter Six : First DatePILIPINAS (ALTERNATE WORLD)[ CALISTA | ENERO ]Mabilis akong bumangon mula sa pagkakahiga sa malambot na queen size bed nang biglang tumunog nang pagkalakas-lakas ang grandfather clock sa corner ng kwarto ko nang pumatak ang alas sais. There's a huge wide body mirror sa harapan ko, kitang-kita ko ang reflection ko; kung gaano kagulo ang buhok ko at kung gaano kalalim ang mga mata ko. Muli kong inuntog ang ulo ko sa headboard ng kama nang paulit-ulit dahil sa inis. Hindi ako nakatulog at mas lalong hindi pa rin ako nakakabalik sa totoong mundo ko. Nandito pa rin ako sa kaharian ng mga Castillo, at kaunti na lang ay nararamdaman kong any moment from now ay mawawala na ako sa sarili.Napatigil ako nang biglang bumukas ang pintuan ng kwarto ko at pumasok ang apat na katulong, bakas ang gulat sa mga mukha nila nang makita ako sa ganitong posisyon, siguro dahil na rin sa hitsura ko pero imbes na husgahan ako katulad nang palaging ginagawa ni Althea ay bigla sil
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Chapter: Chapter Five : Take My HandPILIPINAS (ALTERNATE WORLD)[ CALISTA | ENERO ]Humahangos akong tumatakbo sa isang mahabang hallway, hindi ko alam kung saan ako pupunta o kung saan papunta ang daanan na ito, litong-lito ako sa sarili kong bahay. Ilang beses pa akong natapilok dahil sa mataas na takong ng sapatos ko, dahilan para itapon ko na lamang ito kung saan. Bawat bukas ko ng pintuan ay panibagong pintuan na naman ang sumasalubong sa'kin, hanggang sa mapunta ako sa hallway na ito. Sobrang bilis ng tibok ng puso ko but then I abruptly stopped when I saw my face hanging on the wall. Sobrang laki ng painting na ito, nakasuot ako ng isang medieval emerald green ball dress with golden designs, my hair is tied into a half pony tail at sobrang haba ng kulot na buhok ko. I am sitting in an elegant chair at napansin ko ang isang napaka-gandang korona na nakapatong sa ulo ko. I wasn't smiling on the painting, seryoso at walang emosyon ang mga mata ko. Habang tinititigan ko ito nang matagal,
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Chapter: Chapter Four : Marriage AnnouncementPILIPINAS 2022 (ALTERNATE WORLD)[ CALISTA | JANUARY ]Maraming pasikot-sikot ang mansion na ito or what they called 'kaharian', but I can see some aspects na mahahalintulad talaga sa bahay namin. Katulad na lamang ng wallpapers, at ang iilang artworks na naka-paskil sa second floor. Pero hindi mapapag-kaila na mas malaki ito, parang triple ang laki sa bahay namin, hindi lang iyon, punong-puno nang mga mahahalin at nagkikislapang mga bato, pillars, artworks and furnitures, mas lumaki at humaba ang hallway, dumami ang kwarto, at parang nasa isang maze ako, dahil every bukas ng mga servants ng pintuan sa'min ay panibagong hallway at mga pintuan na naman ang sumasalubong sa'min.Ito na siguro ang dream house ng bawat tao sa mundo; ngayon ko lang na-realize na kapag sobrang dami mo ng pera hindi mo na alam kung saan mo pa gagamitin ang mga ito. Leading you to buy nonsense things, katulad na lamang ng mga statues dito, kulang na lang maging isang museum ang kaharian
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Chapter: Chapter Three: Family DinnerPILIPINAS 2022 (ALTERNATE WORLD)[ CALISTA| ENERO ]Everything is dazzling white, but in the middle of nowhere is the woman who looked exactly like me, she's beaming while waving her hand at me na para bang hinihila ako sa hindi ko malamang lugar. She's now wearing a white dress and she looks peaceful, without even a stain of blood from the cause of what I did to her. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ko siya nakikita ngayon, or kung bakit walang katapusan na kulay puti ang nakikita ko. The last thing I remembered ay umiiyak ako dahil sa pagsisisi, dahil sa aksidente ko siyang napatay. Siya lang ang namatay, kaya naguguluhan ako kung bakit nandito rin ako sa kawalan, masakit sa mata ang kulay puting surroundings namin, mas masakit pa sa kulay ng loob ng hospital.I gaped my lips and was about to utter a word ng bigla niyang tinapat ang kanyang palad sa mga mata ko, for a moment everything went dark. Pero hindi rin nagtagal nang makakita ako nang
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Chapter: Chapter Two : Losing ControlPILIPINAS YEAR 2022ENERO"Hija, Diyos ko po, ayos ka lang ba?" Nabalik sa wisyo at bahagyang naigalaw na muli ni Calista ang kanyang katawan ng may isang matandang babaeng pasyente ang lumapit at humawak sa kanyang braso.Sunod-sunod ang pagkurap ng kanyang mga mata habang nanlalabo ang kanyang paningin dahil sa mga luha niyang patuloy na bumubuhos. "A-Ayos lang po ako." Garalgal ngunit magalang na sagot ni Calista sa matanda."Sigurado ka ba? Sobrang putla mo—teka sandali, sasabihan ko ang apo ko na tumawag ng—" hindi na pinatapos pa ni Calista ang matandang babae sa pagsasalita dahil mabilis siyang yumuko rito at naglakad papalayo. Dahil sa pagkataranta at gulat dala ng mga pangyayari ay hindi na niya natingnan pa sa mukha ang matanda at nakapag-paalam nang maayos.Maingay pa rin sa bawat paligid ng hospital, sadyang nagkakagulo sila sa nangyaring krimen kanina, at nagkaroon ng aberya sa mga pasyenteng bagong dating pa lamang. "S
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