Chapter 9
Burdick was putting his notes together. "Is it a disease?" "Why is she still breathing?" "Was there really an intruder?" This case had him in more questions than he could think of. Every time he thought about it, he would only get a headache. None of this made any sense, and whenever Linden was around he had to act as if he knew everything. Linden… He thought to himself. He couldn't help but feel that he was part of the plot. This girl's condition was like no other, and Linden seemed so calm about it, almost too calm. Even though, it still didn't add up. If he knew that Ruth was going to leave for reasons only Linden knew then he would have asked many more questions beforehand. The stress finally got to Burdick, and he yelled as loud as he could. "Ugh! I will never solve this case!" He then hit his fist on the bookshelf knocking over a few books.
"What the hell is going on up there!" Shouted Linden from down stairs.
Quickly regaining his sanity, Burdick started to put the books back on the shelf.
"Sorry Mr. Linden, I –"
"I don't want to hear it just get back to work." Said Linden.
"Yes sir." Replied Burdick, as he was putting the last few books in the shelf. Just as he was about to put the last book in, he noticed that's its pages were turning by itself. What? He thought to himself. The book flipped over to the middle of the fifth chapter, and was slowly turning. Burdick licked his finder and held it up to see if he could feel a breeze, but there wasn't enough to turn the page of a book. He then picked up the book and began to read. He started on the 5th chapter and didn't realize that he kept on going. He only got to read it for about ten minutes until he heard footsteps heading upstairs. Frightened to be found off duty, Burdick quickly closed the book, put it in the shelf, and resumed to take notes in the room. After a couple seconds he found Linden standing outside of the room.
"Its 9:00." Linden said. "If you wish to stay up, then I suggest you do it more quietly than before."
"No, it's ok, I need to get some rest." Said Burdick, as he left to go to his room. As Burdick was leaving he noticed that Linden walked into Caitlyn's room. Curious, he slowly and quietly tried to view Linden's actions. He saw him go straight to the bookshelf and pick up a book. Burdick examined it and realized it was the same book that he had read. Linden placed the book down, and to Burdick's surprise, he saw the book open itself. What is going on? Burdick decided to keep on watching. Linden just waited till the book stopped flipping pages, and once it did he just gave a disappointed look. Burdick didn't understand what was happening but before he could think, Linden was putting the book back and leaving the room. Burdick quickly and quietly ran to his room, hoping he wasn't seen. Catching his breath, Burdick just laid down in his bed, and quickly fell asleep, not realizing the journey he was about to take.
