Chapter One

The fourteen-year-old girl looked up at the freshly painted house and with a queer expression on her face asked, "This is it?" The black numbers on the left side of the door stood out reading 1428. The bright red door reminded Jennifer of a woman who wears way too much lipstick. "Jennifer, be polite! The first impression is the most important " said muscular man next to her. Jennifer pushed her light brown hair out of her eyes. Her haircut was simple. It followed the hairline all the way around her head. Her dark green eyes pierced through the afternoon light."Tell me again why you are my social worker." Said Jennifer.

The social worker sighed and said, "Get moving." Jennifer got her backpack from the back of the red sports car. An old woman that looked about eighty years old came strolling out of the house with about four other kids. There was a boy who looked three and had blond hair and brown eyes, a girl who looked ten who was blond haired and blue eyed, another girl who looked Jennifer's age with long black hair and bright green eyes, and a boy who looked fifteen with brown hair and the bluest eyes. Everyone, but the girl who looked Jennifer's age had a good tan. The girl looked as white as chalk.

The old lady smiled and said "My name is Mary Phillips, but you can call me Nana. Everybody does. This is Bobby, he's three, this is Sarah, she's nine, this is Megan, she's fourteen, the same age as you I hear, and this is Jason, he's fifteen." Damn I'm good, thought Jennifer to herself.

Nana showed Jennifer the house. The attic was Jason's room, and the two spare bedrooms were Bobby and Megan's rooms. "And this is your room. You can fix it up any way you like." Jennifer looked around. It was the basement.

When everyone had left her alone Jennifer sighed and said, "Jeez, what a dump." "Finally someone agrees with me " said a voice from behind her. Jennifer jumped and turned round to see three boys, one girl, and Megan.

Jennifer plopped herself down on her mattress with blue sheets and green blanket. She had a huge Tweety pillow. "Names " Demanded Jennifer. "You know me. This is Kyle Phillips, William Williams, Ronnie Carlson, and Becky Carlson. They're twins." Said Megan. Kyle, William, and Ronnie all had the same hairstyle, but Kyle had red hair, William had black hair and Ronnie and Becky both had dirty blond hair.

" This place gives me the creeps." Said Becky. "I know why and I think we all do." Said Megan. "Don't tell anyone." Said Jennifer, jumping to her feet. "What?" Asked everyone. "Killer Kane, Killer Kane, had a kid who got no brain." Said Megan in a sing- songy voice while pointing to Jennifer.

Jennifer's teeth were gritting together, when someone from the stairs said "Didn't Killer Kane have a kid with Katherine Krueger." Jason appeared from the stairs. "Yeah, and didn't he strangle her in front of their . . . daughter!" cried Becky.