||Chapter 30: The Weird Guy||
Coming home, Lisa immediately got to her computer and opened the search engine.
"Dad said Otto was sad because his friend went to heaven, and Otto couldn't see him anymore."
It didn't take too long; Kevin, last name blurred out.
According to the site, Kevin was a investigator and in charge of the missing people cases that had been happening.
Article highlighted he was beginning to become obsessed and consumed by it, which later lead to his divorce but was found dead in his house.
Maybe no one bought it again cause they were still grieving, out of respect or maybe some other reason?
She looked up something out of curiosity.
"Can you sell/buy a house someone died in?"
So you could, but according to the site there is a bunch of paperwork to get through before you can resell the house.
Maybe they hadn't gotten around to it yet?
Makes sense. . . She had no idea Otto was so close to Kevin, she found a picture of them on the Internet that was probably taken by a journalist.
. . .
No. Lisa didn't believe Otto could do such a thing, he seemed really happy with Kevin in the picture and pretty close.
And Quentin believed Otto killed Kevin?
Suddenly Lisa had a bad feeling about what else Beatrix said, it seems like whenever Quentin goes to snoop people immediately find out or something goes wrong.
It was one thing to expose her dad and get evidence that her brother was alive, but. . . Something in her gut told her, much louder now, that asking Quentin for help may have been a bad idea.
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Norman woke up, this time not in a house but in a. . . Church???
It was night out, the church left cold and somehow creepy.
The stained glass windows they had looked pretty though-
Wait.
. . .
Now, Norman didn't go to church and not like he could even go because of his illness and stuck to a bed half of the time.
But he knew that the front of church usually had stained glass windows of people from the bible like Jesus, Mary or St Patrick.
So. . . Why did the two windows at the side have hooded figures with a white mask, and dead centre had Crowface.
He titled his head, it did look pretty but also. . . Creepy.
"He's watching."
Norman flinched,"Who's there?", he looked around the church, empty.
"You didn't notice?"
"Huh. . ."
"The man. The man in the hat."
Norman gulped, now feeling scared of the empty place and ran for the doors to leave, as he ran out of there he looked back to see a robed figure standing at the front where he once stood.
Was. . . Was he always there? No, Norman had glanced around when the whispers began.
Then the Church blew!
Flames erupted from the ground, windows smashed and. . . Screams.
Norman covered his ears, sinking to the floor and began to shudder like a leaf.
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Kyle was up early, had an early shift to start at the Banner.
"Dad. . .?"
"Norman, good. . . Morning?"
Norman looked sad, and or frightened,"Bad dream?", "Yeah. . . A really bad one. . .", Kyle sighed, pouring some juice in a cup,"Well, breakfast will be ready soon.", Norman nods,"And you can go play with Ike and Theodore.", that cheered him up a bit, maybe he could tell them about his nightmare.
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"Woah. . ."
Norman nods,"What was odd, was something about a man in a hat watching.", Theodore frowned,"That doesn't make sense, cause you, Ike and Quentin wear hats, but I don't think our parents wear hats.", Norman touched his own hat,"This was my Dad's, apparently he got it at a baseball game; I'm not one for sports but I do like the hat.", Ike chuckled,"You'll grow into it, that's for sure.", Norman shook his head.
They were having a nice day at the park, Theodore sat on the roundabout with Norman and Ike.
Adelle chuckled,"They look so relaxed.", the roundabout spun slowly and gently as they sat and spoke.
Wonder what they were speaking about.
Robert then next to her, wrapping his arm around her,"Adelle; I need you to remain calm for me.", "What?", "There's a man taking pictures of the boys. . . Don't make fast movements, don't try and look.", she nods, her heart racing as they were a bit of distance from the kids.
"I'll handle it, you get the kids distracted. . . There is the ice cream truck over there."
She nods.
". . . You think you could put lightening in a bottle?"
"Sounds like an expression Dad uses, but that does sound cool."
"Apparently there's an event called that."
"Hey kids."
Adelle came over,"How about some ice cream or lollies?", Ike smiled,"Really?", "Mhm; It's just over there.", so the kids got up and followed Adelle, all while a camera was trained on them.
Adelle managed to have a quick glimpse out of the corner of her eye, definitely someone in a hat, sunglasses and scarf to cover their face.
What a moron: Only makes them stand out more.
"So what would you kids like."
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Robert nods to himself, walking around the playground as his eyes spot the man in the hat.
After making it seem like he was leaving, he walked along the gate and got behind the man; The man was wearing a trenchcoat, sunglasses, odd scarf and of course had a camera.
. . .
"Lovely day we're having."
The man gasped, turning to the towering and pissed off Mr Peterson.
"So, what's on that camera of yours; Wouldn't mind if I had a look."
Vemon was all his tone was filled with, the bubbling anger ready to explode.
The man took off running,"HEY!", Robert gave chase as Adelle watch him dart out of the playground and after him.
"Can I have chocolate ice cream?"
"That's perfectly fine, nice day we're having."
The lady running the ice cream truck looked a little, concerned obviously, and Adelle held up her hand as the kids went back to the roundabout with their choices.
"He was taking pictures of the boys, and I didn't want to see Robert chasing a man out."
"That's fair, ma'am. . . Would you like anything?"
. . .
"Actually, I'll take some and for my daughter."
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Gordon was rambling as they walked through town to get to their destination.
"GET BACK HERE!!!"
Then like magic everyone paused, the booming and angery voice of Robert filling the air!
Kyle turned, just in time to see a man in a hat turning towards them.
"STOP THAT MAN!!!"
Without thinking, Kyle took his bag and swung it as hard as he could and hit the guy right in the gut!
The man fell to the ground, a camera sliding on the pavement.
Robert stood over him,"What's that bag filled with, bricks? Also, not a bad swing.", "Just heavy papers.", Gordon frowned, Who the fuck is that?", "I had hoped you would know, not one of yours?", "No. . . I'd know one of my employees.", that was true, and this man made an effort to hide his face.
Robert picked up the camera, turning it on,"You son of a bitch. . .", Kyle looked and his stomach dropped.
It was pictures of them, mainly the kids; From their house, the Science Event and today at the park.
"You have some real nerve, Asshole."
Robert simply pressed his foot on the man's head,"Don't think you're getting away, cause if you haven't already picked it up yet; I am not feeling very merciful.", the people watching only stared, thinking the man was the stupidest person in the world: Go piss off the man that just lost his son by stalking his other son and his friends.
Great thinking there.
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