Chapter 5
Elaine gasped. "She killed herself?" repeating what her aunt had said almost disbelievingly. "Why" she asked turning to her aunt.
"I don't know and I don't think anybody does but I do know one thing. I know that your parents felt horrible. When they found out from someone, they felt that they had killed a woman who just wanted her child back. They wouldn't eat or sleep for days. I tried to talk to them, but they just wouldn't speak. After a few weeks, they were eating normally again and they were trying to forget what had happened. I'm afraid they couldn't though. And two months later, I came home from work and found them lying on the floor, dead. Blood was next to their bodies. I was so scared. I tried to check their pulse, to see if they were still alive, and I found this chain and locket, on the floor next to them." Aunt Judy cupped her hand over her mouth and started crying again.
"I called the police, but for some reason, something told me not to give them the locket. So, I kept it in this box, and I left it in my drawer. This is the first time I'm opening it since then." Aunt Judy said still weeping.
"Then who killed them?" Elaine whispered.
"That I don't know, because the police were unable to find out." Aunt Judy said. She blew her nose on a tissue.
"Here," she said reaching for a brown worn-out book with the title "Margaret's Diary" written neatly on the cover. "This was your mother's diary. I just couldn't bring myself to read it. I thought I'd give it to you so you could know what your mother was like." Aunt Judy kissed Elaine on the cheek. "I'm late for work. I better leave. I love you. Take care of yourself now, okay. Bye." She got up and walked out of the room.
"Elaine opened the diary to the middle, and a paper fell out. She picked it up, opened it and read the note. It was written in red ink and it read, 'This is your last warning.' Elaine suddenly realized something, gasped and dropped the letter. The message was written in blood.
Elaine gasped. "She killed herself?" repeating what her aunt had said almost disbelievingly. "Why" she asked turning to her aunt.
"I don't know and I don't think anybody does but I do know one thing. I know that your parents felt horrible. When they found out from someone, they felt that they had killed a woman who just wanted her child back. They wouldn't eat or sleep for days. I tried to talk to them, but they just wouldn't speak. After a few weeks, they were eating normally again and they were trying to forget what had happened. I'm afraid they couldn't though. And two months later, I came home from work and found them lying on the floor, dead. Blood was next to their bodies. I was so scared. I tried to check their pulse, to see if they were still alive, and I found this chain and locket, on the floor next to them." Aunt Judy cupped her hand over her mouth and started crying again.
"I called the police, but for some reason, something told me not to give them the locket. So, I kept it in this box, and I left it in my drawer. This is the first time I'm opening it since then." Aunt Judy said still weeping.
"Then who killed them?" Elaine whispered.
"That I don't know, because the police were unable to find out." Aunt Judy said. She blew her nose on a tissue.
"Here," she said reaching for a brown worn-out book with the title "Margaret's Diary" written neatly on the cover. "This was your mother's diary. I just couldn't bring myself to read it. I thought I'd give it to you so you could know what your mother was like." Aunt Judy kissed Elaine on the cheek. "I'm late for work. I better leave. I love you. Take care of yourself now, okay. Bye." She got up and walked out of the room.
"Elaine opened the diary to the middle, and a paper fell out. She picked it up, opened it and read the note. It was written in red ink and it read, 'This is your last warning.' Elaine suddenly realized something, gasped and dropped the letter. The message was written in blood.