Chapter 4
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Kane awoke to noises in the kitchen.
Getting to her feet she went into the kitchen to find Alice making breakfast.
“Where’s-”
“He went home, he was tired. Found him sitting in the lounge staring at you when I got home. He told me what happened at the fair.”
Kane sat down at the counter, “And?”
Alice turned, “And what?”
Kane raised a brow, “No lecture?”
“It’s your life to mess up.” She turned back to the eggs in the pan.
Kane dressed and left for school.
She was walking down the road when a woman with a hole in her heart appeared in front of her; the woman had long brown hair and a white nightgown on, dark circles around her eyes.
Kane froze, “What the hell?”
“You need to stay away from him,” she said.
“Who?”
“It’s a curse.”
Kane frowned, “What is?”
And just as she had appeared, the woman vanished.
*
The moment she set foot in school, she was called to Mr. Lewis’ office.
She went in, closing the door behind her.
“Kane, have a seat please.”
Kane frowned but sat.
“I hear Alice is out of the hospital.”
Kane nodded.
“She mentioned to me that a friend of yours is coming to visit for the holiday, I’ve agreed to let her join you for the Asylum project.”
Kane frowned, “We’re going to be there for a whole two weeks?”
“Yes. You will stay there and help with the renovations, just some painting and fixing things.”
Kane didn’t like the sound of this at all.
She nodded.
“Great. You start on Monday.”
Six days away; she wanted to tell him no and explain, but other than Moth, no one knew about her time in the asylum.
“Great. Monday. Can I get to class now?”
Lewis nodded and she walked out.
Going into the class, she sat down.
Cliff lent over, “Did Lewis tell you?”
Kane nodded.
“Should be interesting.”
Kane kept her mouth firmly shut.
Macy sat down, “I’m not looking forward to it.”
Kane nodded, “Makes two of us.”
Cliff frowned, “It could be fun.”
Macy scoffed, “Two weeks in a madhouse? Doubt that would be anything other than hell.”
Kane nodded again, “Hell would be more fun.”
Cliff frowned at her, “There’s something you’re not telling us.”
Kane shook her head, “No there isn’t.”
But as the class began, Kane couldn’t help thinking back to her six months in that mental institute; it had been the worst six months of her life, locked in a small white room for the first three months, she had been made to wear a straight jacket for the first two.
Everyone looking at her like she was crazy, the doctors had kept her so sedated that she had been in a zombie-like state, prodding her with needles, even going as far as trying shock therapy.
And the patients, they were the worst; some had ganged up and tried to sacrifice her, fully believing that she was a demon sent from hell, to kill them and the rest of the Christians.
It had gotten to a point that she had just pretended to stop hearing and seeing things, just to get out.
But, with three months of pretending, she had stopped hearing and seeing things, and she had begun to believe that maybe she had been crazy and the doctors had healed her.
She had been sitting outside, waiting for her parents to arrive when one of the patients had come up to her.
“Kane, right?”
Kane had nodded.
“I saw him last night, I saw him.”
Kane had frowned at the other girl but had not said anything, not knowing what she was meaning.
“The man that talks to you; he came to my room last night and told me to give you a message, he said you will never be rid of him; your family has the curse. He said that you will never be free until you-”
And that’s when a nurse had run up, telling her that her parents had been in an accident.
She had gotten to her feet and followed the nurse to the office where she was told that her parents were in the hospital and she would be taken there; she had been so drugged that she had felt nothing.
She had calmly walked into the hospital, and when the doctor had told her that her parents were dead, she felt nothing.
She had wanted to scream, to cry, anything, but she hadn’t been able to, it was like watching it happen to someone else.
She had gone in to see the bodies of her parents, but still; she felt nothing.
She had picked up her mother’s limp hand and felt no emotion.
She stared at their bruised faces and felt no sadness.
When she left the hospital, she had been taken to Gina’s house and sitting on the bed with her pills in front of her, she had decided then to stop taking them; she started to think that she had been fine before, and it was those pills that had made her truly crazy.
Sitting in class, she tried to think back to when she had started seeing and hearing things, but she couldn’t seem to pinpoint an exact time; for as long as she could remember, it was always there.
A voice telling her when things would happen; seeing things that would happen.
But those pills had stopped her from seeing the warning of her parents; if she had been of a normal mind, she would have seen it and been able to warn them.
At lunch, Kane sat hoping for some calamity.
Of course, with her friends, that wouldn’t happen.
“Spill, K.”
Kane glared at Cliff, “Nothing to spill.”
Macy’s attention was elsewhere, “What is he doing back?”
Kane turned to see Moth heading straight for them.
Cliff laughed, “Like I said, he can’t stay away from Kane.”
He stopped, frowning down at Kane, “It’s a real b***h trying to get into this place when you’re no longer a student.”
Brent sat, “Especially when it’s you.”
Moth ignored him, keeping his attention on Kane, “You feeling okay?”
Kane nodded, not sure what else to do considering she most certainly did not feel okay.
Cliff cleared his throat, “We’re starting with the asylum in six days.”
Moth nodded, he was not impressed, he turned to Kane, “I’ll pick you up after school.”
They watched as he walked away and Macy pursed her lips, “That guy is trouble.”
Kane rolled her eyes, “At least he’s sweet.”
“As if a guy who was on trial for manslaughter can be anything else.” Said, Macy.
Cliff turned to Brent, “So, two weeks with your ex.”
Brent glared at him, “Since when did you get a backbone?”
Kane kicked him under the table, “Watch it.”
Before Brent could give a reply, Cassie stood beside the table with a shy smile on her face, “Can I sit?”
Kane grinned at Cliff, “Of course.”
Macy smiled, looking impressed, “Looks like Veda might be losing followers.”
Cassie giggled, “Oh, yes, especially now that Kane’s in the running for Best Looking Student of The Year.”
Kane frowned, “What?”
Macy’s eyes went the size of saucers.
“Macy, what did you do?”
She shrugged, “Well, I may have entered you.”
Kane glared at her, “I want to kill you right now.”
Cassie nudged her, “Relax; you’ll knock Veda off her perch with no hassle.”
Kane rolled her eyes and took a bite of her chocolate cupcake.
Cassie leant forward, “So, what’s going on with you and Moth?”
Kane shrugged.
Cassie raised her brows, “Looks like you have something going on between you too.”
Kane shook her head, “We don’t.”
Cliff gave her a look, “Yet.”
Brent scoffed.
Kane raised a brow, “Oh look, I have my own commentary,” she frowned, “How did I end up with such dorks?”
Macy grinned, “You need some light and joy in your life.”
“Freaks.”
“That’s why you love us.”
Kane rolled her eyes and leant over to steal half of Macy’s sandwich.
Kane walked out of the school doors and immediately saw Moth standing next to his Harley.
He smiled as she came up to him, “How was school?”
“Boring. How was work?”
“Boring. Let’s go.” He stepped forward with a helmet.
Kane tilted her head, “I could walk home.”
“You’re not going home just yet.”
“Where are we going?”
“It’s a surprise, London; now let’s go.”
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