Silence of Winter by Avery Blake

Author:Avery Blake [Blake, Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Encompass Teen
Published: 2018-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

A winter bite was in the air due to a cold front that’d just come through; somewhat chilly days with cold nights. Bailey and I stood on the side of the road, huddled together and glancing around the area. The school was up ahead and I didn’t realize until then how creepy it actually looked. Having all the lights off didn’t help.

“Have I told you before, Ollie, that I hate you?”

I snickered. “Bay, this was your idea.”

“I know!” she exclaimed with a huff. “But it’s your fault. You introduced me to all this ghost crap. Mrs. Glass grilling me about needing to support you opened my eyes, and I feel bad for being such a crappy friend, so I’m ready to finally step up and be the friend you need me to be. I still hate you, though.”

“Bailey, if you don’t want to do this, you don’t have to. Yeah, Ethel said that stuff, but you still have a choice. I’m not going to make you be a part of this.”

“You aren’t making me, silly.” Bailey nudged me. “Now shut up. We don’t want to scare away the ghost.” She snorted. “I didn’t think I’d ever say that.”

A flicker of something caught my eye, and I turned my head to see Samantha Carson’s ghost.

“Um, Bay?” I whispered, elbowing her side. “Do you see her?”

Bailey whipped her head around and gasped. “Roger that.”

The ghost stood on the edge of the road, right where the pavement met the grass, and her hands were at her sides, blood dripping from her fingers and disappearing before hitting the ground.

“Help me,” she wailed, focusing on us. Her head twitched to the side as her body flickered in and out. She lifted a hand and pointed to the ditch. “He’s hurt.”

Oh my god.

Samantha was the type of ghost that seemed to relive her death over and over, like stuck in a time loop. Had she originally survived the crash and got out of the car to get help for Kevin? And then… what? Got hit by someone else?

The semi.

All of a sudden, there was a screeching as headlights shone on her. She raised her arms to cover her face and screamed as the phantom semi slammed into her. Both Samantha and the semi vanished, but the screams could still be heard.

Bailey screeched and fell backward on the grass, tumbling down the small hill to the ditch.

“Bay!” I ran after her. The grass was slick, and I ended up sliding and tumbling too. We were officially the worst ghost hunters in existence. Once I got back to my feet, the knees of my jeans all scuffed to hell and back, I grabbed her hand and lifted her back up. “You okay?”

“What the heck just happened? I thought we were toast.”

“The semi wasn’t real,” I explained. “It’s part of her last moments. That’s how she died, Bay. She went to get help and…” I looked up at the road, not having the heart to finish my sentence.

“So what do we do now?”

“Well, she must still be worried about Kevin, like we thought,” I said.

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