It was just a normal day at the Bloom-Day-Justice household. Haley had woken up early and was watering the plants in the garden, Aaron was working on his new novel after a series of threats from his publisher and Hillary was nowhere to be seen. Typical Hillary.

They all just assumed she had gone out early to play guitar for tips in the park or get into trouble when two of her love interests bump into each other.

Everything was peaceful and quiet, to Aaron's delight. However in the Bloom-Day-Justice household, nothing can be peaceful for too long.

'You guys!'

Hillary's voice was heard from the lower basement to everyone's surprise. How could she have been in the house and no one noticed?

Haley and Aaron dropped what they were doing and ran to where Hillary was. She was in the empty room next to the underground garage. Their jaws dropped once they stepped into the room, looking a bit too shocked. There stood Hillary, next to a statue twice her height, dark, intimidating and a bit too familiar.

'Is…is that the….' started Haley.

'The graveyard statue?' Aaron said surprised, finishing her sentence.

Hillary laughed awkwardly.

'I think I might have made a mistake…'

'You think you might have made a mistake?' Aaron said in a mildly angry tone, getting more and more frustrated.

'Well, you stole the graveyard statue and then brought it here…It's not exactly a non-mistake', said Haley now looking amused. In fact, Aaron was the only one panicking. He was tangling his hands through his hair and tugging on it.

'What are we gonna do? I mean, what were you thinking? Seriously, what were you gonna do with this?'

Hillary looked at the statue and shrugged.

'Sell it?'

A loud cry of despair was heard from Aaron.

'What have you got yourself into? What have you got all of us into?'

He started pacing up and down the room anxiously, occasionally mumbling incoherent things. Haley completely composed, watched the scene quietly. Hillary now looked a bit distressed, frustrated with herself for stealing something so huge with no further plan or even purpose. How could she have been so stupid?

'Ok', said Haley leaning her hand on her brother's shoulder to stop him from pacing, 'we need to calm down. Worrying and getting our heads tangled will get us nowhere. Now let's all focus and think of what to do.'

Hillary, who had been quiet for a while, spoke up.

'I was thinking of melting it and selling the metal. It's a mix of bronze and iron which decreases its value, but there's a lot of it so we could get a good price', she said cheerfully and smiling widely.

Her siblings glare was so fierce it wouldn't be unlikely to burn a hole in her head.

'Just… kidding?'

'That's right', said Haley, 'we need to return it.'

At this Aaron flinched and Hillary's eyes widened.

'And you call me crazy!' she practically shouted.

'She's right, it's too risky', said Aaron, surprisingly taking his crazy sister's side.

'Yeah, I went through much trouble to obtain it.'

There was the glare again.

'Um... sorry?'

'Damn right sorry!'

Haley appeared to be angry for a moment.

'Look, we have to return it, people are going to wonder where it is, we CANNOT have it here, understood?'

The other two nodded.

'I guess it's better than just throwing it in the sea or just dumping it, we'll have to do the work and we will have wasted something so majestic', said Hillary stroking the metal stand of the statue.

The other two rolled their eyes. Aaron spoke first.

'Ok then! Operation "Return-the-statue-to-the-graveyard-where-it-belongs-never-to-be-and-I-say-never-to-be-stolen-ever-again" begins!'

Hillary looked at him puzzled.

'How would you get it there?'

'I was thinking, tie it to the car, let it roll with some wheels and maybe cover it up with something so no one sees it.'

'Ha! Funny, that's exactly how I brought it here!' she said in between laughs. Sensing the murderous intent in the air, she stopped.

'We'll start at night', Aaron continued. 'Be ready at 20:00.'

20:49

The three of them were outside tying the concealed statue to the tiny car, after having managed to drag it up two flights of stairs. It was dark and the neighborhood was empty, it was almost scary. Haley looked around worriedly, a bit frightened of the darkness and silence and concerned whether they'd get caught. The other two were cool, acting as if this was a pleasant night out. It would have been for Hillary if it weren't to return a stolen item.

'Are we set?' she asked.

'I think so', said Haley, the hesitation prominent in her voice. Meanwhile, Aaron had already got in the car.

'Let's go.'

Haley got in the back while Hillary stood outside.

'I thought I was driving!' she whined.

'Forget it. There's no way I'm letting you drive. You've caused enough trouble already, now get in', he said in a stern voice.

'I'm not getting in unless I drive!'

'When then I guess you'll stay here and we'll go get the job done ourselves', said Haley.

With that she was in the car seated next to Aaron, putting on her seatbelt.

'Now let's go', said Aaron as he turned the engine on. Haley looked out of the back window to keep an eye on the statue and make sure it moves along with the car. Hillary sat silent and the front and appeared to be sulking.

The car started and the three of them were quiet, none of them wanting to break the comfortable silence. Aaron was completely expressionless, carefully driving, Haley looked very worried and had even brought her hand up to her mouth to chew on her nails, while Hillary appeared to be sulking, sad, guilty, remorseful, nervous, all at the same time. After a while, she decided to speak.

'Guys, I'm really sorry I got you into this mess. I know I shouldn't have done it, I don't even know why I did. I'm sorry!'

There was a slight pause before Aaron spoke.

'It's ok. We're your family and we will always help you. You may consider yourself forgiven, but please, for the love of God, do not try anything like this again!'

'I won't, I promise', said Hillary smiling, 'I'll stick to hacking!'

The other two rolled their eyes.

'Oh, about that', started Aaron, 'stay away from my computer, I don't trust you near it ever since you broke my last one.'

'Hn, I don't care, I have my own!'

'Well that begs the question why did you use mine', said Aaron smirking.

'And risk breaking it?'

Aaron huffed at her comment, Haley giggled and Hillary smirked. He just shook his head as if to say "what do I have to put up with".

The car continued on its way, dealing with the extra weight better than could be expected. They were getting closer to their destination.

'Hillary', Haley's voice was heard from the back, 'you never told us what happened.'

'With the statue?'

'Yes.'

Aaron took his eyes off the road for a second but then remembered he was driving and quickly looked back. Hillary started her narration.

'I was in the mines finishing a job I had to do. I had left the house at 2pm as I was told. Driving home I passed by the graveyard. I saw the statue and in the start I was like "how creepy" but then I thought "why not?" It was practically calling me, there all alone up to anyone's grab. Next thing I know I was tying it to the car with my rollerblades underneath it. The sun would be coming out home so I hid it in the basement. I hadn't realized what I was doing until I was finished. I really couldn't help myself!'

There was another silence, this one uncomfortable.

'Hills, I think you need help', Haley said timidly, afraid of a potential outburst, 'your kleptomania is pathological, you don't seem able to control-

'Are you shrinking me? No, seriously, are you? Last time I checked you don't have a degree-

'Enough!' said Aaron calmly but in a stern voice. 'She's right, listen to her.'

'What? So you think I'm crazy!' she said with a look of disbelief on her face.

'No, we think you have problems and you sooner get them fixed. We're here!' said Aaron as he pulled over. Hillary tried to protest at Aaron's comment, but the other two had already gotten out.

'Not fair! Using the "we're here" excuse to avoid me!'

'True, now shush', he replied, walking towards the graveyard gate.

'Why, are we going to wake anyone up?'

A laugh escaped Haley, but she cut it off immediately. Aaron just sighed.

They were in front of the gothic graveyard gate and none of them wanted to admit they were scared. They didn't need to, it was written all over their faces.

The only light in the area were two street lamps out on the pavement near the gate, but that was it. From there on there was darkness.

The tall statue that once dominated the place with its presence, was no longer there. Even without it, it wasn't any less scary. There were leafless trees everywhere that looked like huge hands, ready to snatch anything near them. The lake in the middle of the graveyard reflected the moon, a full moon. Behind it, a mausoleum. It was gothic style and looked incredibly creepy in the dark, just like everything in the cemetery. Even the rails and the gate, it made it look as if behind them was the world of the dead and that it was the only thing to separate it from the world of the living. And for sure, none of them wanted to leave the world of the living.

'So', Aaron said, trying to hide the fact his voice was trembling, 'let's get the statue.'

The others nodded. They all headed towards the car and untied the statue. Hillary pulled the cover off and tossed it aside.

'Farewell my dear friend, farewell', she said looking genuinely sad.

Aaron and Haley were puzzled by this, especially since many people had probably said that coming here.

They dragged the statue to the gate, which Hillary opened as Haley and Aaron pulled it through from the ropes. Hillary then went behind it and started pushing to help them. They managed to get it in front of the lake, which was its original location.

'Great, now all we need to do is stand it up!' said Haley trying to sound cheerful but failing, not managing to conceal the fear in her voice. She wasn't alone; several gulps had been heard from Aaron who looked creeped out of his mind. Hillary was the only one who seemed cool, as if the whole situation wasn't a big deal.

'Someone could hold it and the other two pull it up', suggested Haley.

'Great! Aaron will be holding it and we'll pull it up!' chirped Hillary.

Aaron was taken aback by this.

'What? Wait, why should I hold the statue?'

Hillary laughed and shook her head as if to say "duh!"

'You're the strongest one of course! And even if you're not, no one else is stepping up so basically you're stuck with it.'

He looked at both girls with disbelief, especially Haley who just shrugged her shoulders. Then he lowered his eyes and composed himself.

'Well, I'm not necessarily the strongest. I mean, Hillary's biceps are bigger than mine.'

Haley nodded in agreement. Hillary had her arms crossed in front of her and was tapping her foot impatiently. A few moments passed.

'I don't really wanna give it back', said Hillary, 'so I'm ok with just standing here.'

Aaron tilted his head towards the sky and sighed.

'Damn it! Let's just get this done with!' he said, a bit louder than he should in a cemetery as he placed his hands on the waist of the statue. Haley and Hillary grabbed the ropes and started pulling in the direction of the mausoleum. Aaron kept the statue steady and helped lift it. Once it was many centimeters elevated in a 45 degree angle, he went under it and pushed from there. It was almost straight and all that would be needed was another push which Aaron gave a bit too forcefully. The statue wobbled but he steadied it in time. He sighed in relief and tried to wipe the sweat of his forehead on his sleeve.

'Aaron, careful.'