The order is:
Julie
Kevin
Erin
Wendy
Chapter Four
And Then There Were Three
Every day after Wendy's close call that August the four survivors stuck together. It was about a week after Wendy's near-encounter with Death that it happened.
Julie had been the most paranoid of all ever since. She looked everywhere for Death and was afraid to touch almost anything. She hadn't left the house once for the week.
That morning, Julie decided to get the newspaper.. The four were sitting around the breakfast table munching on prepackaged food (they hadn't dared to make anything themselves, since every cooking tool was a deathtrap). They were all silent, which hadn't been unusual lately. Erin had been sitting silently, thinking about Ian. She tried not to tear up at the thought of her late boyfriend. She had been thinking about him more than ever now that the survivors had decided to stick together.
"I'm going to get the newspaper," Julie said suddenly, standing up.
"I'm going with you," Wendy said immediately, also standing up. "You can't go outside alone, Julie. You're next." Julie nodded somberly, and the two sisters went outside together. Kevin and Erin rushed to the window to watch the two, making sure Julie was okay, although there was nothing they could do from inside.
The walk down the driveway was hazard-free, but crossing the street to get to the mailbox was when it happened.
Julie dropped something – her grandmother's charm bracelet, they later learned – and bent down to pick it up. Wendy, not noticing, continued on to the mailbox and pulled the newspaper out.
Wendy turned just in time to see Julie straighten up – and get hit by a car speeding by. Wendy screamed and Julie went flying through the air, her body getting impaled on a tree branch in the yard. Her body dangled eerily. Wendy screamed again, and Erin and Kevin yelped before running outside into the yard. It was too late. Julie was already dead, a dribble of blood coming out of her mouth.
Sobbing hard, Wendy bent down to pick up the charm bracelet that had initially caused Julie's death.
Okay, so I know this chapter was short, but it was pretty dramatic! With three survivors next, whose turn is it to join Julie and the others? Erin comes up with a way to determine their deaths, but do the others really WANT to know?