Can't catch what you can't see
Ezra POV
I overheard everything. I knew what that mean man was gonna do to Mom. Can't he understand that she doesn't want to patrol anymore? I managed to stay out of Mom's sight when I sneaked into the living room hiding behind one of the chairs.
"I've already given you five months off. I think that's enough time for space. You need to help out your brothers. They think it's unfair that you never patrol anymore" The mean man grunts.
I can hear the rest of the boys agree with him.
"Leah, I'm sorry. But I order you to—"
That's when I snapped. I grabbed the Vase off the kitchen bench and threw it with all my might. I missed, but I'm glad he didn't finish that sentence. I can see Mom turn around to see what happened so I quickly ran back into the room and listened.
"Alright, have a good day and please don't smash anything else in this house. Mom will go crazy" I hear her as she shuts the front door.
I sigh with happiness. At least she's far away from that mean man. I sneaked back into the living room to see what the rest of the boys were doing.
"Who threw that?"
"Don't look at me. I was nowhere near that vase"
"Nevertheless, let's clean up the mess" The mean man sighed as he started picking up the broken pieces.
"That was so paranormal"
"Yeah, I mean none of us were near the kitchen bench"
"And Leah still got away. Great, I get to take her shift again"
These people are mean to Mom. I smacked the guy who mocked my mom on the head and stood back to see what would happen. He started rubbing his head in pain and cussing in bad words.
"What the hell Seth?" He growled.
"What are you talking about?"
"I know she's your sister, but do you need to hit me?"
"Hit you? I never hit you"
I chuckled to myself. Then I thought of a funny way to prank them. I went back into the room and grabbed a piece of paper and a red pen. I sneaked back into the living room and placed it on the coffee table when no one was looking. I then started writing.
Hello
I placed the pen down and waited for one of the boys to notice. They eventually did and picked up the piece of paper.
"Whose is this?"
"Hello? What the hell?"
"This is stupid" One of them said as he threw the paper out.
I grabbed another piece of paper from Mom's room and placed it back on the table with the same word.
Hello
They noticed again but this time, they picked up the paper with more caution.
"It says Hello again"
"Sam? We've got a problem"
"Sam's busy. What's up?"
"Seth, is your house haunted?"
"Of course not! But then again, I did see Leah talk to herself this morning"
"Must be a prank then"
One of the boys placed the paper back down and looked away. That was my chance to really freak them out.
Leah is MINE. LEAVE HER ALONE!
That should do it. I threw the pen on one of the boy's heads and waited. He noticed the piece of paper and picked it up with a look of horror on his face.
"Guys? You need to see this"
"What is it?"
Their faces were priceless. I started laughing until my ribs started hurting and tears of joy were streaming down my face.
"Sam?"
"What is it now?" The mean man sighed.
So that's his name. Sam. This will be fun.
"Check this out" One boy said as he gave the paper to Sam.
He examined the paper and chuckled as if it was a joke. So I did something to freak them out even more. I snatched the piece of paper out of his hand and slammed it on the coffee table. This got everyone's attention. I wrote really slowly, just like in those horror movies Mom watches sometimes.
Sam…dies first…
I then dropped the pen for effect and waited for them to read it.
"Sam dies first?" He gasped as he looked at him.
No one said anything for a while. So I grabbed the paper and scrunched it up into a ball. I threw it in the bin and slammed Mom's door to see what would happen.
"I am so getting out of here"
"No one's going anywhere"
"But Sam, something here doesn't really like us much"
"We'll figure it out then"
"Can I go on patrol please? I really don't want to stay here"
"You watch too many horrors, kid"