Uncertainty (Gravity series, 2) by Abigail Boyd

Author:Abigail Boyd
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ghosts, paranormal, supernatural
Publisher: Abigail Boyd

CHAPTER 15

"HAVE YOU BEEN here before?" Theo asked Alex after we'd hiked past what seemed like hundreds of abandoned cars. The whole scene reminded me of the end of the world. It looked like everyone had just evaporated, leaving their belongings behind. The bass beat grew louder the closer we got to our destination.

"Yeah, I've been to parties here before," Alex said, shrugging. "Her house is massive. Like, you would think her dad was governor, not just a business owner."

Around a curve in the road, the princess' palace came into view. It was four stories high, with a zig-zag balcony running down the back. The architecture was modern and boxy, but it had been built in the style of a log cabin. And it was right on the shore of the lake, propped up on posts to support it from any water level changes.

It was probably the tackiest house I'd ever seen.

"You weren't kidding," I said, looking up at the brightly lit windows. Ten families could have fit inside. It didn't surprise me, it just made me a little disgusted. But I'd always figured Lainey's family would live somewhere outlandish.

Theo and I trekked behind Alex, around the back of the house. Tiki torches stuck out cockeyed from the dirt along a stone pathway. People were outside drinking and being rowdy. Beer cans were piled up on the ground.

"Just so you know, the booze flows pretty freely here," Alex warned us.

I felt really young and immature all of a sudden, a flip-flop from how I'd felt earlier. I wasn't a drinker, I'd never even thought about trying drugs, and I intended to keep it that way. We went in through open French doors. It seemed like every head turned towards us as we entered.

"They're all looking at us, aren't they?" I said to Theo out of the corner of my mouth. I felt completely out of place.

"Most definitely," she agreed, clutching my arm.

Alex just ignored the gawkers, charging through the crowd like a bull. He definitely had experience at this kind of party, and he knew how to navigate. Theo and I stuck behind him, using him as our human shield to absorb the impact of the stares.

The place was packed, and the music was so loud I could feel it thumping in my chest. Red Solo cups littered the wooden floor. As the exterior suggested, it had been decorated in a rustic lodge theme. The furniture and draperies were all in hunter green and brown tones. Photos of Cliff, posing with dead deer and game fowl, were framed along the walls, among Lainey's prissy school portraits. In every picture of Cliff, he was grinning.

Taxidermied antlers and other animal parts were hung up in what appeared to be the living room. The giant screen TV was on, but no one was watching what looked like an accident compilation video. Someone had hung a padded pink bra on a real stuffed brown bear in the corner, raised up on its haunches as if forever prepared to attack.

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