I finally found some inner strength. And with it I turned and ran. I didn't hear the shot but I felt a burning sensation in my left leg. I didn't stop to look. I ran/hobbled away.

I made it to my car and quickly got in. I started the engine and drove off. Spinning my tires as I left. I didn't know where I was going, I just knew I had to leave.

Once I reached town limits I slowed down. I was finally calmed. The burning sensation had totally left my leg.

I drove for a bit longer than stopped. I needed to look at my leg. I parked in front of a huge older building. I looked up too see it was a library. 'Perfect' I thought to myself.

I opened the door and stretched out my legs. There was nothing. No blood. No wound. Nothing. "was it all in my head?" I muttered out loud.

I got out of the car and headed into the library. I figured I could look up the history of the house.

The librarian looked at me and smiled. I walked up to her and asked "ummm. do you have any old newspaper clippings? or a history book of this town?"

The librarian thought about it for a minute. "We have both. Please follow me and I will show you were to look."

I followed the ancient looking woman to the back part of the library. There was dust on almost everything back here. "What exactly are you looking for?" the librarian asked.

I furrowed my eyebrows but answered "I am not sure. I was hoping to find out some history about an old house."

The librarian raised her eyebrows and than narrowed her eyes. "Are you from here child?" she asked me.

"Not really. I have been gone from here for ten years." I answered.

"Hmmm. You look so familiar. But you are too young to be her. Are you related to Crystal White."

I nodded my head. "My mother was Crystal Greyson. My great great great grandmother was Crystal White."

"My. my. I figured."

I smiled. Though I haven't seen any pictures of my family. We had a house fire and it destroyed everything.

"Well I will leave you to find what you are looking for. But if it is an old house you are looking for try this one." She said as she handed me a thick book.

"What is this?" I asked her taking the book.

"It's about your family." She said as she walked away.

I looked down at the book and whipped the dust off the cover. To my surprise and horror. On the cover was the white house I have been dreaming about.

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After Two Hours Of Reading---

I sat there in the chair at the library. I was shocked. The house had been in my family for a hundred and fifty years. But none of us had lived in it for fifty years. Instead we had allowed the town to rent it out as they thought fit.

And I had discovered that four woman in my family have been brutally murdered in that house.

My stomach growled and I looked up at a clock. 7:00pm it read. i hadn't eaten all day.

I got up and went to ask the librarian if I could borrow the book. I walked up to the desk and it wasn't the same woman. This woman looked like a younger version.

"Ummm. Hello. I was wondering if I could borrow this book?" I asked as I looked around.

The younger woman looked at the book. She frowned than looked up at me. "You can have it."

"Thank you. can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

"Where is the elderly woman from earlier?"

The young woman looked at me strangely. "I am the only one here."

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