— ♥ ❝ living with ghosts.  ❞ ♥ —

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She was sitting at her table when she heard a ring in her ear, a kind of ringing sound that made her ear hurt every time. " something wrong Dav? " Gwen sat next to her at the table as the older girl glanced over at her. " oh no, I'm okay " she nodded reassuring the younger one.

This time the ring was an actual phone ringing sound, " can you get the phone? " Davina asked the girl as she looked at the phone on the wall before glancing back at the older girl, " why? " she spoke confused. " well, it's ringing " she shrugged her shoulders.

" no it's not " Gwen raised an eyebrow before looking back at the newspaper she held firmly in her hands, Davina shook her head when the ringing suddenly stopped. She got up grabbed a glass and began turning her sink on to put water into the glass, she took a long sip before placing it down onto the counter next to the sink.

Strange, Davina thought. She never hallucinates, why suddenly now she starts to hear things? She unfolded a paper that had her brothers face on it. A missing person flyer that was taken down the moment Finney's was put up.

She knew her brother was gone for good, she just wished she could find him alive. But she already knew if she was to find him, he wouldn't be alive.

This time the phone rang again, but Gwen heard it and picked it up, " I got to go for supper now Davina " Gwen placed the phone back on the wall, " okay need me to take you back? " she asked the girl, her hand placed on her shoulder.

" I'll be okay Davina " she smiled softly wrapping her arms around the older girl before walking off, she put her shoes on before rushing out the front door. Davina got up and looked out the window watching as the young brunette hopped on her bike with her yellow rain coat on.

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Davina walked down the sidewalk in between Detective Wright and Detective Miller, it was late at night with police cars around as they were all still in search of Finney Blake.

She knocked on the door carefully of this house with red brick on the outside, " Hey! Samson, stop! " a dog was barking as a man was clapping for the dog to stop. " come here! Come on, boy come on. " the barking continued on.

" hold on one second " the man called, " get in here. Go " a door banged shut. " hello " the door whipped open to a man with a moustache and a blue button up shirt on. " good evening sir " Davina softly spoke. " we're canvassing your neighborhood " " -..talking to residents " Detective Wright spoke. " and we were wondering have you seen this boy? " Davina held a photo up of Finney enough for the man to see.

" you're the police " he awkwardly smiled, " yes. Denver PD " Davina nodded, " -uh-huh " the dude spoke, " you're here for the missing kids " he seemed interested in this conversation.

" yes, sir " Davina nodded her head confidently, she seemed like this guy was a good start to figuring out where the missing kids were, especially Finney.

" and if there's anything at all... " Detective Miller spoke, " no, no come inside " he gestured for the three to enter his house as he cut off Detective Miller, she looked at the two other detectives for approval of entering the house.

They nodded instantly as the door shut behind them, " so all the kids live in the same district right ? " " they all walk to and from school " " they were all grabbed on the way home from school " he ratted on. She wrote down everything he was saying, " except for Robin Arellano- " " -..he was grabbed, on a Saturday afternoon on his way to the store to get some pop and a candy bar, right? " Davinas heart broke hearing about Robin once again.

" sir, look we are well aware about this " Davina nibbled her bottom lip, but the man just continued on anyways. " just listen, he has to be able to grab these kids and get them back to his place very quickly " " which means he has a house with a garage " the man kept gesturing and moving around as he spoke.

Davina was pretty shocked at how this man was able to explain so much without having to stop to catch his breath, " and he can't risk them getting away " " or waking up if he's knocking them out " " which means that the grabber has to live somewhere, in this area right here " Davina peeked her head around to the map the man was pointing on. She stayed pretty quite for the rest of the investigation.

" mr., uh... " Detective Miller began to speak confusingly, " it's max " he said. " Mr. max... " Detective Miller corrected himself. " no, not Mr. Max " He stood up now patting his thighs, " it's max, just max " he sighed, " my friends call me Max and since we're all working on this case together, you know I figured " he got excited.

" how long have you lived in the area, Max? " Davina crossed her arms as she sat down in a comfy arm chair in the living room, " -I-I... " he thought for a moment, " no, I live down in Durango, I'm just crashing here " he pointed to the living room, " this is my brothers place ".

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After leaving Max's brothers house she walked down the sidewalk looking back at it, a strange feeling swept over her about that house. Not about Max, it was about the house in general and about the brother who could be living in the house.

The brother not being home that late at night when Max is home, and when a bunch of people are out asking residents about Finney Blake. It just gave her the chills.

She suddenly stopped in her tracks when she saw a blonde curly haired boy with a vest on standing by a tree, " Vance? " her voice softened when the boy turned his head over to look at her. It was Vance, but he had blood on him.

" omg Vance! " she sprinted over towards the tree but by the time she got to the tree the boy had disappeared in a blink of an eye, she slowed down as she fell down onto the ground resting herself against the tree.

She buried her face into her knees as she hugged them tightly, sobbing as she heard footsteps next to her. She looked up seeing the blonde curly haired boy standing in front of her again.

" Davina " he spoke this time, his voice was more sad then usual. It was more of a I'm tired kind of a sad tone, " Vance " she gulped looking up at the boy, blood was on his face, his arms, his right thigh and even his stomach.

There were blood stains in his blonde curly locks as well, " he's gonna kill him " Vance spoke, " who? " she sniffled as she wiped her eyes against her sleeve, " the grabber " Vance had his fists in balls as if he was gonna punch somebody.

" Finney's alive still " she swallowed back tears, " yes he is " Vance stepped over her feet as he sat down next to the crying girl, " what happened to you Vance? " she stared into the boys blue eyes for a moment. It didn't feel right that Vance was even sitting next to her after so long.

" I'm dead " he spoke, those 2 words are what made Davina break down into more tears. " hey, your keeping it warm for me " he nodded his head to her neck where the green knitted choker was placed ever since he vanished.

" would you like it back? " she sniffled as she was about to take it off before Vance had stopped her, " there's no point in me having it anymore " he cradled her face as he wiped the tears off of her cheeks, " keep it " he smiled.

" now you've gotta promise me one thing " his voice began to break, " you've gotta promise me you'll keep moving forward " his eyes saddened, she nodded her head as her eyes watered. " I promise Vance " she wrapped her arms around the boy, " goodbye Dav " he mumbled.

" goodbye Vance " her voice cracked as the she opened her eyes to realize the boy was gone now.

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AUTHOR SPEAKS

1. kinda a short chapter, my bad.

2. I'm back with this book finally lol

3. their "reunion" sobbing.

4. final chapter will be out next!