Misadventures with a Twin by Elizabeth Hayley

Author:Elizabeth Hayley
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642631616
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Twelve

Zara didn’t let the interrogation in the kitchen go for much longer. She pulled me away so we could freshen up. I wasn’t sure I’d ever freshened up before, but I was only too happy to start.

“Sorry about them,” she whispered when we’d started up the stairs toward the bedroom. “They’re just excited. I haven’t brought anyone up here before.”

The words warmed me even though they shouldn’t have. She hadn’t brought me here willingly. But still, the fact that I was the first made me feel proud to be there. “No worries. I like them.” And I did. They were intense and maybe a little crazy, but there was obviously a lot of love between them. My family was incredibly small: just Corey, Dad, me, and an aunt who lived in Florida who we never saw. It was fun seeing how the other half lived.

“They like you too. Which I should’ve considered, since they’ll probably be bummed when I tell them we broke up.”

There was a pang in my chest at her words. It felt like maybe I would be bummed too, which made no kind of sense since we weren’t even together. “Let’s worry about that when we have to,” I said, hoping to convince myself as much as her.

I followed her down a hallway that had green walls adorned with family pictures. She stopped at a door and put her back to it, looking distinctly uncomfortable. “I’m not sure how to prepare you for this room,” she blurted out.

“You could try just letting me see it.”

Biting her lip, she seemed to ponder that as she looked at the floor. “It’s a little…jarring.”

“Zara.” I waited until she lifted her eyes to meet mine. “Open the door.”

Without turning around, she twisted the knob and pushed the door open. Since she didn’t move from the doorway, I had to practically push through her to get into the room. But once I was inside, I understood why she’d been nervous.

“Holy shit,” I whispered.

“We can stay at a hotel,” she said.

“This is… Wow.” There were dolls on every surface. And there were a lot of surfaces. Dressers, desks, and tables were all around the room, with dolls standing, sitting in rocking chairs, having tea, and every fucking thing in between. But that wasn’t the worst of it. There were also doll parts hanging from clothesline strung across the room in a seemingly haphazard fashion. “It’s like a Pet Sematary for dolls.”

Zara nodded as she looked at the porcelain mortuary above our heads. “It’s definitely a thing of nightmares.”

“I hope you weren’t hoping to have sex in this room. Because I’m pretty sure this is going to haunt my dick for a long time.”

A laugh burst out of her, which was what I’d been hoping for. She’d been looking worried as we stood there, and there was really no need to be. Yeah, this was weird as hell, but it was also going to make for a great story when I got home. As long as these dolls didn’t actually come to life and slaughter me in my sleep.

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