CHAPTER 2

Celine was weak in the knees from seeing all these, and accidentally she hit the trash can beside her, Mr. George heard the sound, so he decided to go there and see who or what it was. Celine was really tensed so she tried her best to hide her face and ran away. Mr. George saw her as she ran, and thought that the person's body figure looked familiar and tried chasing after her but he felt it was a waste of time and energy.

Two weeks later, Celine was at home with her parents, and at 8:45 in the evening she went to the kitchen to get some food, and immediately she entered she felt like going to place that was at peace and quiet and the graveyard flashed in her mind. Celine saw an evocative knife in the sink covered with tomato paste and it looked like blood stains, the knife brought back the memories of what she witnessed weeks ago. Celine started crying with the thought of how cruel Mr. George was and for how long he had been getting his hand dirty, "He is not who he acts to be" Celine said to herself, She also thought her Father was the same since they were best of friends. These thoughts made her more emotional, she ran into her room and locked the door. Her mother (Mrs. James) saw her and ran after her.

Knocking at Celine's door, Mrs. James pleaded with her daughter to open up, Celine became even more emotional and realized that what she was doing was wrong. She came to the door, cleaned up her face and put up a fake smile, she opened the door and saw her mother and hugged her. Mrs. James wondered what exactly was wrong, she took Celine by the hand, they both sat on the bed and they locked eyes with each other, Celine tried to keep up to make her mother believe everything was okay but she couldn't, so she looked away and stood from the bed. Mrs. James saw the fear and tears in her eyes, told her to sit and asked her in a calm tone " My dear, what is the problem? I'm your mother, you can tell me anything, you're Just 17 and our only child so you Just have to open up to me, please!!! " Celine replied " Nothing ma, there's nothing wrong Mummy, I was just trying to copy the act i saw on a television show" Mrs. James did not believe what she said but told her "No matter what the problem is, you can always share it with me, I'm your mother" Celine got a feeling of relief after hearing that and wanted to tell her everything but she thouht it was better for her to just let everything go. She said " Mama, I know you want the best for me and you care about me, but I'll tell you the next time I feel much better " Mrs. James instantly nodded, stood up from the bed and gave Celine a goodnight wave.

Celine was left in her room all by herself, lights off, everywhere creepy for the first time, she could not sleep, she thought of going back to the graveyard, she thought going there would make her relieved, she wasnt sure how it would but she just had to go there.

Celine reached there by 10:45, alone, she went straight to the little girl's grave, with flashbacks she was able to remember exactly where she was buried. There were some fresh stains of blood on the grave next to the little girls', which wasn't there weeks ago, she was now certain that another person had been murdered, "But by who? and why?" She asked herself. Celine was in a tunnel of confusion thinking of multiple things that had been going on before she even came there for the first time. Celine heard a voice from behind her " Who are you?? " the unknown man asked, tapping her by the shoulder, she was in shock and was aquiver, her lips were trembling in fear , she turned, closing her eyes tightly, when she opened it, her greatest fear had become reality, it was Mr. George, he asked " Oh!!! My dear Celine, what are you doing in a graveyard, and by this time? Or.... have you been spying on me?? " Celine replied, shaking " No!! No!! Absolutely not " Mr. George knew her reply was false from the fear in her voice. He brought out a knife from a sack bag, Celine tried to run but he threw her down to the ground , he put down the sack he was holding, which was filled with the heads of different people, children and adults. Mr. George knelt on her legs while she was on the floor, Celine screamed out in pain but there was no one around that could hear her and the grave yard was far from any house in the city, Mr. George didn't care, he used his knife to stab her right eye , blood splashed all over his face, Celine could not bear the pain, she screamed and screamed for help but still, no one. She started crying and pleading at the same time, Mr. George gave her a deaf ear, he plucked out the eyeball, and said " I only removed one of your eyes because you are my best friend's only child, and don't you dare spy on me ever again, neither should you tell anyone about me or any of this or else I will remove the other eye, but I'll kill your dad first, because he's my best friend so it will be an easy target for me". Celine was in pain, fear, and regret all at once . Mr. George went to the little girl's grave and dugged it up a little bit and buried Celine's eyeball. He left her on the floor and went away. Celine stood up, covering her right eye, crying and screaming, with blood stains all over her clothes and blood still rushing out of her eye hole and ran home.