Chapter 44

When Simon got out of the car, he hurried. He went straight to the elevator. When he came out of the movie theater on the third floor, he saw Luna, Ella, and Seth right away. He ran to get to them.

Simon said, “I’m sorry you had to wait so long.”

“We were getting ready to go in. We didn’t think you were coming.” Luna said.

Simon just smiled, Luna said. “Let’s go inside,” Ella said.

As expected, the theater was dark. Many seats are empty. There aren’t many people watching that day. Luna said that only a few people watch movies during the week. Ella holds the big bag of popcorn, and Seth gives out the drinks. After a while, it got dark outside. Ella saw another man with a hood come in. He went right above where they were sitting. Luna also saw that, but she thought little of it.

As soon as the movie started, everyone paid close attention, except Ella, who was fidgety. She felt strangely nervous at that moment like something bad was about to happen. Since the movie began, almost 15 m