6
Catherine arrived home from school. She slammed the front door behind her and bolted upstairs. Her mother walked in to her bedroom and looked at Catherine, lying on her bed, crying.
'What's the matter?', she asked. Catherine didn't answer, word had spread about her 'Lucie sighting', and now everyone thought she was crazy.
'Listen honey, I heard about what happened with Mrs Woodland. Don't worry about it, this will all blow over soon', she said kindly, then she hugged Catherine tightly.
'Thanks mom, but I've got loads of homework to do, so I better get started', she ran upstairs to her bedroom.
Three hours later, Catherine finally finished her homework. Just then, her HTC beeped, one new message the screen read, it was from Maria.
We need to talk. Now. Meet me at the abandoned warehouse ASAP,
Maria.
Catherine started to panic, did Maria think she was crazy too? Is this some kind of trap to get her to the mental preserve just outside Lilywood? But she had to go, it could be important.
She grabbed her red trench coat from the hanger on the back of her door. She put it on and put on her black lace up 2" ankle boots. She ran downstairs and texted Maria back.
On my way, be there in five,
xoxo, Catherine
Catherine paid the taxi driver and stepped out. She saw Maria standing in front of the entrance of the warehouse.
'Good, you're here', Maria said, taking a deep breath.
'So, why did you want me to come?' Catherine asked, nervous.
'When you said you saw Lucie, I think I saw her too', Maria replied, 'I was at the mall, I heard a giggle, it sounded exactly like her, and she had the same hair, and she was wearing a-' Catherine cut her off before she could finish.
'Red hoodie', Catherine finished Maria's story.
'How did you know?' Maria asked.
'She was wearing a red hoodie when I saw her too', Catherine replied. Just then, both their phones let out a 'beep', one new message, both their screens read.
Stop looking for answers, or one of you is in for a suprise,
xoxo, Lucie.