The Housemates: A Novel of Extreme Terror by Wright Iain Rob

Author:Wright, Iain Rob [Wright, Iain Rob]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Salad Publishing Group
Published: 2013-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Day 5

Even though everybody was safe for at least a day, the tension had not gone away. The group was now down to just six – exactly half of the group they started with. The missing housemate’s absence weighed heavily on those remaining. Jules had taken to crying frequently while Richard had started pacing the perimeter of the courtyard over and over.

Damien had dragged Catherine’s body into the bedroom across the courtyard. He placed her on top of one of the scummy mattresses and left her alone, just like she had left the old man in the video. Her death may have been partly Damien’s fault, but he didn’t care. Catherine had been an evil person.

And so was everybody else that’s died in here.

Does that mean that the remaining housemates are evil, too?

Am I evil?

Murderer, whore, peddler, crusader, predator, and cheat.

Which one am I? And which ones are they?

I don’t know if I can trust any of them.

Damien headed back into the living area and joined the other housemates. They had all worked together on making a stew and it was now ready. The smell of boiling beef and vegetables was mouth-watering. With all that had happened, Damien had not eaten half as much as he usually would have.

“Grub’s up,” said Richard, offering him a bowl.

Damien took it and went and ladled himself a portion. It was bland and rubbery. It needed salt and better meat. Still, it filled the void in his stomach and instantly made him feel stronger. He could almost feel the nutrients floating through his bloodstream.

“How you holding up?” Danni asked him.

“Better now that I’ve eaten.”

“And at least we have the day off.”

Damien frowned. “I wouldn’t call it that. A reprieve maybe, but not a ‘day off’.”

“I’m just glad we don’t have to watch anybody else die today.”

Damien was curious about something, so he asked a question. “Which label on the television screen belongs to you?”

Danni was about to spoon in a mouthful of stew, but she lowered her hand back to the bowl and glanced at him. “Kind of personal.”

Damien shrugged. “What’s anybody got to be shy about? It seems like our darkest secrets will all be revealed eventually whether we like it or not. I’d just like to know you now while you’re alive, instead of after you’re dead.”

“You think I’m going to die?”

He shook his head. “No, I didn’t mean that. I just mean that it might be better if we confess our sins rather than have them exposed by a maniac.”

Danni seemed to think about it for a moment; then she nodded her head slowly. “You’re right. I’m pretty sure that I’m the whore.”

Damien raised an eyebrow. “Wow! I didn’t expect that. You don’t seem like the, ahem, whore type.”

Danni smiled and Damien saw for the first time that she had a gap between her two upper teeth. It made her look cute and childlike. “Thank you,” she said, seeming to blush. “I’m not the person I used to be – just like you said that you’re not.

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