The Evil Within
“It was coming from the statue garden, where eerie white marble figures of Greek gods and goddesses posed below the boughs of overhanging trees laden with snow. I avoided looking at them whenever I crossed from the dining commons to the gym. Despite their blank stares, they were eerily lifelike—and just one more thing about Marlwood that gave me the creeps.
So maybe that was it, I told myself. It was somebody behind you with a flashlight. Or they dragged a statue out to the library somehow. ...That was the noise upstairs—them moving it around. Shayna’s probably yukking it up with them right now, having a laugh at your expense.
I had trouble believing that, accepting it. Shayna had seemed so sincere. But I’d misjudged people before. Riley had been sincere.
Troy, too.
“Go, Charlotte, go!” someone shouted. There was laughter, some hoots, then a lot of shushing. I skidded on ice, nearly face-planting, not wanting to face them, to be the butt of a joke.MoreLess
So maybe that was it, I told myself. It was somebody behind you with a flashlight. Or they dragged a statue out to the library somehow. ...That was the noise upstairs—them moving it around. Shayna’s probably yukking it up with them right now, having a laugh at your expense.
I had trouble believing that, accepting it. Shayna had seemed so sincere. But I’d misjudged people before. Riley had been sincere.
Troy, too.
“Go, Charlotte, go!” someone shouted. There was laughter, some hoots, then a lot of shushing. I skidded on ice, nearly face-planting, not wanting to face them, to be the butt of a joke.MoreLess
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