The Girl From Under The Water by Jake Uniacke

Author:Jake Uniacke [Uniacke, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-22T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Night fell, and it was time for Alex to go to bed. She had since calmed down from Mick’s announcement earlier, but she still needed to figure out a way to stop him from going to the police. As she lay in bed, Mick pulled the duvet over her and tucked her in.

“Please don’t tell the police what I did,” pleaded Alex. “I don’t want to go to jail.”

Mick stroked her face. “You won’t go to jail. You’re too young. But you will learn a very important lesson. You will learn why it is important to tell the truth, and why it is important to never put your hands on someone in a violent way, no matter how much they wind you up.”

“It was an accident.”

“I know it was. Anyway, if anyone is going to prison, it would be Mummy and myself for lying to the police.”

Alex began to cry again. “Please. Don’t do it. I don’t want anyone to go to jail.”

Mick kissed Alex’s forehead and switched off her bedroom light. “Goodnight. Try not to think about all the bad things that have been happening recently. And don’t worry about the police.”

Alex watched as Mick closed her bedroom door. She didn’t want to get into trouble. She couldn’t get into trouble. What if all her friends hated her? The family already hated them. In fact, the only person who didn’t hate them was Grandma Dorothy. Alex suddenly had a thought. I need to take his phone.

As quietly as she could, Alex crept out of her room and across the landing. She peered around her father’s bedroom door. He was fast asleep. Dead as a doornail. She snuck into his room and took his phone off charge. She picked the phone up from the bedside table and then crept out of the room and back to hers. Alex turned the phone off so that it didn’t make any noise throughout the night and then hid it in her wardrobe where her father would hopefully not find it. It was for her own protection. The police could not find out the truth. Alex got back into bed and pulled the duvet right up to her neck. Her bedroom was freezing. She felt like she was in the North Pole. She closed her eyes and started to drift off to sleep.

A gentle breeze brushed through the room. The curtains waved gently, like feathers falling in the wind. Alex found the temperature soothing, and it made her even more sleepy. As she dozed off, her bedroom window slammed shut, causing her to jump awake and fall from her bed. She thumped on the floor and she quickly stood up and got back into bed. She didn’t bother opening the window again—it was too cold for it to be open anyway. The room was at a nice, crisp temperature and Alex soon dozed off to sleep again.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

Alex was woken by the sound of gentle tapping on the glass. She stirred and opened her tired eyes slowly.

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