Nguyen

="No, I'm just scared. That's all !!"=

She standing there watching it. It’s not special, not even beautiful. But something keeps her staring. It’s dark and big. Like a castle, a big old castle with the smell of death. It’s just a house by the riverside, it has a beautiful view she said. But the smell of the house and the atmosphere around it makes her want to thrown up, and she still doesn’t understand why she cannot take her eyes off it. - Scared huh~ ? – said James. He’s a friend. Tall, short spike brown hair, deep green eyes and English accent, yes he has taken all the girls’ hearts in Eastside College. - Nahh, I’m just curious. Got anything about the house ? – She’s trying to get something out of his mouth, she knew that he always has something interesting to tell her. - It’s abandoned. A long time ago – James’s low voice started. She always in loves with this voice. Why not, she is not an exception in the school, she still a girl though.

- There was a family who lived there, they were very happy and they’ve got one little daughter. She was very cute. Blonde, blue deep eyes and small chubbie cheeks. But one day, the father’s company went down, he was so upset then he had affair. He started to go home late and lies become more frequent. As usual, the mother found out. It wasn’t that long before she find out, and so did the daughter. She asked questions constanly which made her mom so angry. “Where’s daddy mom ? Where is he ?..” It wasn’t too long before the house split in half. This half was the mom and the other half was the father. The cold war keeps going until one day. The mother got a call. It was her husband. - All “our” money from the bank account do you remember, I took all of it. Now you can have the house and Tricia. My new honey doesn’t like kids. The mother all sudden became crazy, she worked her whole life and now her money went away by a phone call. The little girl was outside, on the swing, she heard her mother slammed the door so strong and didn’t know what was happened. - Was it daddy, mama? Why didn’t you let me talk to him? I hate you, I miss him so much. In one minute of madness, the mother grabbed her little red dress, drag her all the way to the lake in the forest. James voice suddenly stopped. She thinks she knows what was happened. - Keep going – she said, she’s begging him to tell her the rest of the story. She doesn’t understand why she wants to move on, but she desiring for the end. A deadly end. James slowly continue after a while of begging and eyes blinking. She pushed her head down to the water. Her eyes burst into tears. She didn’t know what she was doing, it was her own daughter. She couldn’t control herself, it was her husband fault, none of this have to do with little Tricia. -M…o..mm … I .. ca..n’..t br…e.a….th – and that was the last thing she heard from her own daughter, Tricia Cooper. Somebody said the swing sometimes moving, and the little sound of Tricia, calling her mom.

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-That's all about the house. The Cooper's palace. - Shit James, you scared the hell outta me. It ain’t funny. – Her face gone pale. She doesn’t like this kind of story. Like she mean it. She just scared, that’s all. - Haha, you such a chick. It’s just a myth. Why are you taking it so seriously ? Her eyes quickly slide through the house. She saw the swing……… moving. - James, did you see that ? - Where ? The house ? What about it ? - There, the swing… it’s moving, and the voice, a little girl sound, calling her mom - “Moommm, where are you ?”