Score |
149
THE WRONG PACKAGE.
<p><br/></p><p>The Wrong Package — Part 6: The Call</p><p>The phone downstairs kept ringing.</p><p>Daniel looked at Marcus.</p><p>“Who could be calling?”</p><p>They hurried downstairs.</p><p>Daniel picked up the phone.</p><p>“Hello?”</p><p>A familiar voice answered.</p><p>“Daniel, it's me.”</p><p>Daniel froze.</p><p>It was his father's voice.</p><p>“But… you're dead.”</p><p>There was a short silence.</p><p>“No, son. I never died.”</p><p>Daniel looked at Marcus and Evelyn in confusion.</p><p>“Then where are you?”</p><p>“I can't explain everything over the phone. Go to the old house. You'll find the answers there.”</p><p>“The old house? We're already here!”</p><p>Another silence.</p><p>Then his father said:</p><p>“Look behind the painting in the living room.”</p><p>The call ended.</p><p>Daniel rushed to the painting.</p><p>Behind it was a small metal box.</p><p>He opened it with one of the golden keys.</p><p>Inside was an old photograph, a handwritten letter, and the fourth key.</p><p>Daniel picked up the letter.</p><p>At the bottom, one sentence stood out:</p><p>“The fifth key is closer than you think.”</p><p>Daniel looked at Marcus.</p><p>Marcus looked at Evelyn.</p><p>Nobody spoke.</p><p>Then Daniel noticed something strange.</p><p>The fourth key had a name engraved on it.</p><p>MARCUS.</p><p>Daniel slowly looked up.</p><p>“Marcus… why is your name on this key?”</p><p>Marcus stared at it.</p><p>“I honestly have no idea.”</p><p>And for the first time, even Marcus looked completely confused.</p><p>To be continued…</p>
|
17
Other insights from Ayotomiwa Adetayo
Referral Earning
Points-to-Coupons
Insights for you.
All that I gave
Oh, hey there!It's me... again...You know, There's so much I want to saySo much I want ...
461 views
80 upvotes
78 comments
The Manipulation.
"Mom started looking at me differently from that day.I remember it like the back of my ...
169 views
66 upvotes
75 comments
The Root of Evil.🌚
I like money.But they said it's the root of evil. 🙂Sorry, get your facts straight.The l...
139 views
66 upvotes
71 comments
The 3AM World.
My favourite time of every day is between 1 a.m. and 4a.m.That's when the world is the ...
152 views
61 upvotes
60 comments
Drowning.
I can't breathe.I tried again.Nothing.My lungs burned.The water surrounded me, cold and...
119 views
53 upvotes
57 comments
Mapped
She has patches that look like continents no cartographer bothered to name.Her mother c...
298 views
46 upvotes
49 comments
