Anna's POV
I need Cam.
I see Morgan across the street as I walk past, he's staring at me calmly. He's cute, his smile and everything. He's coming over, do I look good? I didn't remember to brush my hair after my bath. Damn!
He's already here, "Hey Morgan, what's up?"
"Good, you? I felt the stench from my house. Is everything alright?"
"Not really, I think there's something behind it. Something hidden."
"Did you check it out fully?"
"Nope, I need Cam. I wanted his attention before you crossed over."
"Sorry, I didn't know. Just wanted to check on you."
I can see he's shy, he can't even make eye contact properly. Me as well, who am I to judge? Cam interrupted us from behind, "Hey Morgan, you're back. What's up?"
"Nothing, I felt the stench from afar."
"What stench?"
"She saw something behind. I'm just here because I saw her outside. Any issues?"
Cam's eyes just went straight to mine. His eyes are so sharp, I'm melting in my brother's eyes. "Well let's check it out then Anna, shall we?"
"Sure Cam, sure."
Cam turned to Morgan, "Also, my dad's staying home tomorrow. At least that's what I saw."
What! Why? I thought about asking Morgan out tomorrow.
"Okay, so my uncles won't show up. I'll let them know."
"Thank you."
He's aware of how? "Cam, how do you know this?"
"What's hacking for?"
What a little snitch! "Is he aware?"
"Now can I call it hacking if he knows? No. Use your tactics, Anna, he's got a lot up his sleeve." Morgan's eyes go to mine, the same as mine to his. I feel like kissing him a little.
We're at the back, that was quick. "Right here, in the very middle. It's stronger, open it." Cam wore his gloves.
I'm sending Renee a text to keep mom distracted in the house. She responded with a simple, "Okay."
We can continue with the search now. "What's in the middle?"
"Coming, we need to pull all this off it first. The dirt."
I pull some off, they smell bad. It's a few minutes after. We've got the fifth bag full. As far as I'm concerned, we didn't put this much dirt at the back. Also, the front's clear of this, "What's that there?"
Cam stared at it strangely. "A box, a locked box."
"What's inside?"
"It's locked, Anna. Locked."
"Sorry, let's open it up then." Morgan took the dirt to the side, a little bit to the right.
He's so helpful, "Did you see any key anywhere? Maybe at the house or the gate. Morgan you too?"
"Not really, ours aren't the same as yours you know. Ours isn't haunted."
"We know, what I mean is any secret paths or doors at your house?"
"Not just regular, not even a door slam."
"Alright then, we need a hammer. A big one."
The box looks all ancient, it's got some writings on it but it's locked and the language looks like it's rare. There's a little part with gold on it, that's the keyhole area. The remaining is all black with unscripted writings all over the top.
They look like they were carved by a knife or hook. All I know is it looks like it's sharp. The writer knew some kinda old language for a ritual. I see blood stains all over. All old but the smell is bad! Cam holds a hammer tightly, he hit it. It opened, didn't expect that to be easy. The smell worsened, and he turned to Morgan and then to me.
I received a text from Renee, she's asking about us. "What's happening back there? Just heard something."
"We found a box."
"And?"
"That's it, that's the reason for the smell."
"Alright, I'll keep mum distracted for you, thank you."
Cam opened the box up, unbelievable! No! This is just too much! We wear our nose masks, and all we see is just horror! Human eyes are all rotten, human ears, breasts, even liver. The brain we see is almost gone, that's someone's intestines.
I can see the sign of disgust on Cam's face. He hates this, Morgan too, he already took a step back. "Morgan call your uncles quick, tell them to come unnoticeable."
"Alright."
He calls them, and they agree on coming. I'm so glad. But wait, I see something, it's long but slightly rotten.
Is that someone's penis?! My God!
This is the worst day of our lives. We discovered the rotten parts of the deceased. Morgan's uncles show up, I see Peter first. Where's the other? "Hey, where is it?"
I just point to the direction, this is too much. I'm speechless, just dumb. My body's getting chills, so far this is the third chill I've gotten since we started uncovering. Morgan's speaking with Aaron, his face shows nothing but disgust. He's heard, and his eyes are staring at me.
He walked over to me, "Are you alright?"
"No, this is just wrong. They died for nothing."
I feel nothing but grief, I feel hot tears surround my lids. I'm feeling heavy yet light, my lens all blurry. Finally, the tears pour out like hot water from the shower. Aaron held me to him, I'm already sobbing.
I started and I didn't know when, I just felt it. "Come on, we need to remove all that to make the stench go away. We can count that as halfway."
This is the worst April ever, "Alright let's do it." I still need to take out the trash.
Myself and Morgan stand close to each other, "First the gloves, then we dump this in each casket right?"
"Of course, now we know where the missing body parts went." They already knew. They pick it up, it's heavy. Underneath looks hideous, it's hard.
It's too hard to be innocent. What's under? "Cam, give me your shovel, I feel like there are some things under." He understood my term, things.
The shovel's quite heavy, at least for me. At my age that is, there's something under. A casket, I see a cross on top. "Morgan tell your uncles to come back after that, we need to pull this out."