Family Secrets (Brannon House Book 2) by Stacy Claflin

Author:Stacy Claflin [Claflin, Stacy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Stacy Claflin
Published: 2020-03-16T16:00:00+00:00

18

Ember

My eyes close, and I drop my phone on my chest. I’m too tired to pick it up. Don’t want to move. I’ve been trying to sleep for hours, playing stupid games to make myself tired.

Creak!

My eyes fly open and my heart races.

And there it is. Another noise to wake me, scare me, and keep me up longer. It’s a good thing I didn’t sign up to help at any camps this week. My to-do list has one item on it—get ready for school.

Okay, that’s not the only thing. There are also a million things to think about around here, mainly why is there a tunnel leading to our house? I thought other stuff about this house was creepy enough, but that takes the cake.

A tunnel. That’s the most absurd thing yet. I mean, really. If anything is going to be haunted, it would be that. Like Kenzi said, it’s dangerous. But it couldn’t have been any less dangerous back when it was being used. What if part of it collapsed and killed people then? That possibility has “ghost” written all over it.

I shudder at the thought. Not that it should bother me more than anything else around here. I already found an old murder scene on the third floor, and now my grandma, who may or may not be senile, could be responsible for it. And now we find out about her real firstborn, when we always thought that was my mom’s position in the family.

Thud!

I pull the covers up to my neck and knock my phone onto the floor in the process. Tiny hairs on the back of my neck rise, making me feel like I’m being watched. I leave my phone where it is. It can stay there, I don’t care.

Thud!

Maybe Kenzi is downstairs blocking off the mirror. I hate that it’s an entrance to our house. The security system made me feel so much better. We’re at the end of a quiet street with acres of woods behind us. Nobody would hear us if we screamed.

Just like when I nearly died in this house. A lump forms in my throat, and my eyes mist. I’d never been more scared than that night. I really thought that was going to be the end for me.

Creak!

I really, really hope that’s my aunt. But it probably isn’t. The house never really gets noisy until after she falls asleep. All the weirdness is probably normal for her. Although she was gone for a long time, so it seems like she would’ve gotten used to a regular, quiet house. Unless apartment living is noisier than this.

Seems hard to believe.

Thud!

Thanks for proving my point, ghosts.

I squeeze my eyes shut as tightly as I can.

Thud!

Clearly, closing my eyes does nothing to keep the noises away. Maybe what I need to do is get up and face the sounds. They seem to be getting more frequent. I’m not imagining that. And it’s not like all the ruckus has actually done anything damaging.

There are two options—at least as I see it.

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