Chapter 6: Anomaly
"I’ll see you next time." Bright gently pinched Eirin’s cheek. "Rest well, okay?"
Bright’s handsome face remained inside Eirin’s head, almost making her trip. The boy’s smile was the last thing she saw before she noticed how the gate of their house was slightly open. Her eyes narrowed as she walked inside the gate to the front porch. There were large traces of shoes on the tiles leading to the door. ’Grandma!’ Eirin rushed to the door and opened it.
She heard a crunching sound as soon as she took a step inside the house.
Eirin walked towards the light switch, and the second she turned the lights on, she saw everything clearly. It was a mess. Hints of blood were all over the place and there were shards of broken glass table on the floor. "Grandma?" She walked into the house barefooted, careful not to step onto any of the glass shards.
’Is it a burglar?’ she thought. However, in the back of her head, the crippling fear of the unknown that was chasing after her resurfaced. Eirin headed towards the stairs, but due to panic, she accidentally stepped on the shard piercing her foot, causing her to groan and cry in pain. Her sobs and the pain didn’t stop her from walking towards the stairs, leaving a trace of her blood on the floor.
Negative thoughts filled Eirin’s head as her hands trembled while leaning on the stair’s banister. "Grandma!" she cried. Her heart wouldn’t calm down, and her eyes were blurry with tears. Was it because she took her guard down? Regrets stuffed her heart, thinking that her grandmother might have gotten hurt because of her.
’Please,’ Eirin begged as she arrived on the second floor. "Grandma! Where are you?" she continued screaming, calling for her grandmother.
"Will you stop screaming?"
Eirin flinched as she turned around. "You!" That familiar jet-black hair and emotionless face. "What did you do to my grandmother?" The man’s words came back inside Eirin’s head. ’He told me not to regret something.’ She remembered as tears fell down her face.
"Eirin, dear?"
Eirin’s heart dropped the moment she saw Eleanor, her grandmother, covered with blood. She was being helped by two other unknown people.