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ALEXANDER'S POV

"You like cats, right cous?" Kylie asks me.

"Yes?" I answer confused.

She grins at me. "Well, get ready to despise them."

She clicks something on the computer and a video comes up.

I watch as a cat walks calmly through the fence and into the yard.

Since we now live in Minnesota, and it's like two, it's fairly dark out and the guards don't see the cat pass right through their legs.

Remind me to fire them. Or retrain them since they have obviously started to slack at their jobs.

The cat, don't ask me how, jumps up to a windowsill and shimmies under.

Kylie clicks something on her computer and the angle and camera change.

They show the kitchen, where the cat crawls between the table and chair legs, when the door opens, and in enters my mother and Amy.

My mother sits down and motions Amy whom is still standing to take a seat as well.

They start talking, my mother staring attently at Amy.

"Does this have volume?" I ask Kylie. I don't think they were only talking about money problems when I started to listen in.

Kylie avoids eye contact and continues to watch the video.

"No."

I look at her suspiciously and ignore it. She wouldn't lie to me, and my mother wouldn't betray me.

I watch as the cat stands still under a random chair, just staring at the two ladies with its beady eyes.

They talk for a bit when I walk in.

Fast forward to when we leave, the cat follows us out the door and into the hall.

Kylie changes the angle of her camera and it's showing the front of the basement door.

"How the cat get past all the guards?" I ask Kylie.

She shrugs her shoulders. "You're watching the same thing I am."

The cat crawls down the basement door, and now I know why the alarms went off.

He crosses an invisible laser, and an immediate effect takes place.

The red lights turn on, and though there is no sound, I'm guessing the sound also turns on.

The cat jumps and runs out.

"I'm skippping ahead." Kylie tells me before changing the angle again.

This time it shows me on the phone walking down the hall. I hang up the phone before falling to the floor.

With noticing it, I'm rubbing my left arm.

I watch as I pick up the cat and throw it into a random room.

Kylie turns to me. "That's what set off the alarms. The cat when it tried to get down into the basement."

I nod. "I'm watching the same thing as you," I quote her. "I know what happened."

She rolls her eyes at me. "Let's go get the others out of the safe room."

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I groan. "A cat set off the alarms."

They watch me in silence for a moment, before it is broken.

Amy bursts out laughing. "A-a cat set o-off you a-alarms!"

She continues to laugh, and soon the others join in.

I glare at her. "It's not funny!"

She rolls her eyes at me. "Yes it is, if it weren't I wouldn't have laughed."

Kylie comes up and puts her hand on my shoulder.

I look at her. "Calm down Alex, it is funny. Neither you or your so called 'guards' were able to see the cat walk by."

I roll my eyes. "Whatever."

Amy glances at her phone before turning towards Emily.

"We should go." Emily looks back, and a silent conversation passes between the two.

Emily nods and turns to us. "We have to go, but we will see you here tomorrow at nine?"

We nod and they walk out.

"Wait!" Sophie cries before she's fully out the door. "What's going to happen to the cat?"

"The cat will be going to a shelter until someone will adopt it." I lie straight through my teeth.

Kylie snorts. "Ya right." She mutters.

The little girl gives me the biggest puppy eyes I have ever seen. "Can you keep it here so that when I come and visit I can play with it?"

I blink, trying to erase her eyes, but I can't. I see them even more vividly with my eyes closed.

I groan, knowing I will totally regret this, or break the promise.

Actually, I'll probably do both.

I look her straight in eye and answer. "I will see what I can do."

She nods and happily skips put of the mansion.

Emily and Amy give me a smile befote walking out, Amy leading Brenda out.

The last person to leave is Troy, but before he does, he turns back around, and even though he is bruised and beat up, he still tries to look intimidating.

He glares at me. "That cat better still be here the next time I see you."

Lola and Bree 'aww' at him while I nod. "I promise I'll see what I can do."

"You better." He turns and walks away as though nothing happened.

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"You truly are the idiotic one." Alec laughs.

I roll my eyes. "Whatever, you would have done the same thing as me, probably even worse."

He snorts. "Ya right. Anyways, what are you going to do with the diseased fur ball?"

I shrug my shoulders. "What is there to do? I can't throw it to the back of an alley anymore, I'll have to keep it. Besides, I could use it to my advantage."

"How?"

I look at him.

He groans, running his hand over his face. "You better not do that!"

"Why not?" I shrug my shoulders. "Might as well put it to good use."

"Alexander I swear I better not come home one day only to open the door and find my younger brother petting the cat with an evil grin on his face while sitting in a spinning chair!"

I roll my eyes. "It's a cat, I hate those things, I might as well do something intimidating with it!"

He groans. "Your decision, but don't say I didn't warn you when I say this, 'Girls do not dig men that act like that.'"

AMY'S POV

I groan at the sound of my phone ringing.

Stupid alarm, I shouldn't have set it yesterday!

I roll over and turn it on, only to be welcomed with the full glare of the brightness.

I drop it while I blink my eyes.

"Amy, turn that stupid noise off!" Emily pounds at the wall separating us and her room.

"Amy?" Brenda questions from the other side of the bed.

I sigh and get off the bed. I crouch down, my aching and cramped muscles cracking.

I turn off the alarm and put my phone back on the table.

"Finally." Emily mutters.

I sigh and go to the bathroom and wash my face, cringing at the bruise that had formed on my jaw from both the underground and Jeremy.

I can only imagine what my back would look like.

I brush my teeth and walk out and into Emily's room.

She's snoring again.

I grin wickedly and walk back into the bathroom.

I bend down and look under the sink, grabbing the bucket that's kept there.

I fill it up and walk out the bathroom, bumping into Mrs. O'Neil on the way out.

"Going to wake up Emily?" She asks me.

I nod and she nods back. "Why didn't I think of this sooner?" She mutters to herself and continues to the kitchen.

I stifle a laugh and walk the few steps to Emily's room.

No matter what I do, I can never seem to ask her.

The water splashes over the side if the bucket and I have to go slow in order for me not to spill it over the carpet.

I sigh in relief when I enter Emily's room. My back is aching.

I turn the bucket over her and dump it on her.

She shrieks awake, thrashing around and getting tangled in her comforter.

She falls to the floor with a bang.

Footsteps are heard as Troy, Jordan, Sophie, Parker and Mrs. O'Neil come running in. Mr. O'Neil being at work.

They laugh at Emily who is just glaring at me.

"That could have saved me so much time over the years!" Mrs. O'Neil exclaims.

Jordan laughs. "What were you dreaming about Emily? You seem to have awoken all wet."

Mrs. O'Neil smacks his head while Parker snickers.

"What? I don't get it." Sophie says looking confused.

Parker and Jordan's eyes widen. Parker turns to me. "You haven't told her yet?!"

My eyed widen in fear. "Heck no! The time I talked about it with you was the most awkward day of my life! I'm not going through that again!"

"What are you talking about?" Troy asks.

"Nothing!" Jordan and Mrs. O'Neil say.

"Moving on!" Emily interrupts. "Why would you wake me at seven in the morning on a Saturday?!"

I roll my eyes. "We are going to the corn maze today, did you forget?"

Emily groans. "Why did I suggest going at nine?"

I snicker. "That's your fault, now go take a shower!"

She mutters profanities as she passes me.

"What was that?" Mrs. O'Neil asks her.

"Nothing!" She quickly says before running to the bathroom.

"Go change guys." They nod and walk out.

I smile at Mrs. O'Neil. "I'll clean this up."

She shakes her head. "It's alright Amy, you go and get dressed, I'll clean it up."

I nod and head out. "Brenda?" I call out what I enter the bedroom.

"Ya?" She calls back.

"What time will Harley be coming?"

"Um, she said at eight thirty."

I nod. "Let's get you dressed."

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I look in the mirror when I'm finished.

I'm running out of clean clothing, so I had to wear high waisted black skinny jeans and a crop top which doesn't show anything. I put on my black sneakers and grab a sweater since it's cold outside.

I grab my phone and walk downstairs where Brenda and Parker are waiting for me.

"Is Harley here yet?" I ask Brenda.

She shakes her head. "She should be here any minute though. What time is it?"

"Eight thir-" he gets cut off with the door bell.

"Right on time." Brenda says.

She gets up and feels her way around. I grab her shoulders and lead her to the door.

She smiles at me as she opens the door.

I almost flinch at the sight. Her face is full of small cuts and a scar on her left eyebrow stands out.

She smiles at me and Brenda. "Are yoy ready Brenda?"

Brenda nods and I hand her over to Harley.

"What will you guys be doing?" I ask her.

"I'm planning to take her to my house so ws can watch movies and eat pop corn, a girls night. Or day." She answers me.

I nod. "Alright, I'll pick her up on the way back."

She smiles at me. "If you want she could stay the night."

I nod. "Alright."

She smiles at me and leaves.

I turn to Patker after I had shut the door. "You guys grow up so fast!" I sniffle.

Parker groans. "Please don't start this again!"

I roll my eyes and walk up to him. "But you do! Look at you!" I pinch the little fat left on his cheek. "You barley have any baby fat left! And you're starting to grow a little mustache! You're fourteen!"

Parker groans. "Come here." He opens his arms and I glady walk into then.

I pull apart after a minute. "I love you Parker."

He gives me a smiles. "I love you too sis."

"And I love both of you!" Sophie says, hugging the both of us.

I laugh. "Where did you come from?"

"The bathroom, I had just finished changing."

I nod. "We should get going, where are Emily, Parker and Troy?"

They shrug their shoulders.

"Emily?" I call up the steps. "Troy? Parker?"

It stays quiet.

"Mrs. O'Neil?" I call into the kitchen.

Nothing.

I turn around to face Parker and Sophie, but they're not there.

I gulp. "Hello?"

I take out my phone and dial Emily's number. Her phone rings from upstairs. She never goes anywhere without it.

I start walking upstairs, holding the phone to my ear.

Someone picks up. I freeze, breathing is all I can hear.

I stay silent, and so does the person on the other end.

I take out my pocket knife and hold it out.

I hang up and walk up stairs. "Hello?" I call out.

"Amy!" Someone screams from behind me. I shriek turning around, the knife leaving my hand and soaring through the air.

I breathe heavily as my knife gets stuck in the wall.

"Sophie?" I question, putting my hand on my chest to control my beating heart.

"What are you doing Amy? Everyone us waiting outside for you."

"What?" I ask.

"Come on!" She grabs my hand dragging me out. I take my knife out and walk downstairs.

I hide it between my clothing and walk out the door, making sure it's locked behind me.

I get into the car and look around breathing heavily. "I think I'm going crazy."

Emily snickers. "You already are."

I roll my eyes. "Tomorrow I want to go and have my phone number changed."

Hey! 👋

How are you guys?

What do you guys think? Is Amy truly going crazy?

What do you think will happen at the corn maze?

So, I decided not to accept the offer of publishing with FicFun. They offer me too little money, and the way I receive the money is fishy.

I will be staying on Wattpad.

Also, the fan art up above was made by DiamondReader597

It's Amy's pocket knife which was mentioned in the chapter called Victory Once Again.

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*Next update Wednesday, July fourth*