Chapter 59

• ELOISE
• I walked through the streets of Marblefay with nothing but questions in my head. I wondered if Judas would even be there considering I might now have the upper hand with the help of teleportation. I could also be wrong. Maybe Judas wasn't working alone. Maybe he had people on his side who were just as sick as him. A man like him couldn't have survived all by himself, right? When I left Matthan's house, the sun was out. When I reached the house I was born in, the house my father burned to the ground, the sun had become a pretty orange hue, and the birds sang. I could smell flowers blooming in the gardens of the home I grew up at, hear cars passing by on the highway, and feel the wind that brushed against me. This was not how it happened. The house I stood in front of looked exactly the same, though. That renovator kept to her word. The house looked nothing like it should be. It looked beautiful. I stayed outside, wondering if people had already moved in. A quick google search told me that the renovator upon connecting with the house couldn't bring herself to sell it. She then decided to move in. Somehow that scared me. Because if Judas wanted me to meet him here. He would take out any hindrances. I went to my messages and typed in one single message. "Where are you? I'm outside the house."
• There was no reply for a few minutes and while I waited, I continued to get phone calls from my Dad and even my grandfather. I proceeded to block them. It was better that way because as strong as I tried to be, my resolve kept failing. Eventually, the message I had been waiting for popped in.