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The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55
The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55
Author: Shell Flower

Chapter 1

Author: Shell Flower
Mom offered to go back for Molly, but Molly waved her off, saying it was only a two-minute walk and she’d be back in no time.

I watched my sister hurry toward the house, feeling strangely uneasy.

Just then, Mom, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned to look at me.

“Kelly, double-check your things too. You don’t want to get to the testing center and realize you’ve forgotten something.”

I looked away and checked my exam essentials once more.

My admission ticket, ID card, calculator...

Five minutes passed.

Dad tapped his fingers rhythmically against the steering wheel.

Mom lowered the window and peered toward the house.

Ten minutes passed.

It only took two minutes to walk home from where we had parked.

Molly still hadn’t returned.

Mom could no longer sit still and pushed the passenger door open.

“I’m going home to check. Maybe Molly couldn’t find her admission ticket.”

I glanced at the time on the dashboard.

6:41 a.m.

A sentence suddenly flashed through my mind.

“Tomorrow at 6:30 a.m., when we leave for the testing center, my sister will disappear.”

Just then, Mom came running back in a panic.

“Molly hasn’t come back?”

She looked into the car, her expression growing increasingly frantic.

“No one was home. I searched around the house again, but I still couldn’t find her.”

My hand trembled as I held the document envelope, and I got out of the car with Dad. “It was only a short walk. How could she have disappeared?”

“Did you call her? Try calling Molly first.”

When we called, her phone began ringing inside the car.

Molly hadn’t taken her phone with her.

Mom was frantic and wanted to go back and search again.

Dad grabbed her arm and stopped her.

“Kelly still needs to get to the testing center. She can’t afford to be late. Take her there by taxi first.

“Once I find Molly, we’ll go straight to the testing center.”

Only then did Mom turn to look at me, hesitation flickering across her face.

In the end, as if she had made up her mind, she nodded.

“Fine. Call me the moment you find Molly.”

I hurriedly gathered my things, my mind in turmoil.

The moment I got into the taxi, my phone vibrated again.

[Traffic jam. You're in the car. Your father doesn't. Dead.]

I sat bolt upright, my palms beginning to sweat.

I instinctively looked out the window.

The scenery outside drifted steadily past, though the car occasionally came to a stop at red lights.

Who was playing this prank?

Or...

Could these messages really predict the future?

“Mom, look...”

I held my phone out for her to see.

She frowned as she glanced at the screen, and anger quickly spread across her face.

“Kelly, this is no time for jokes. Don’t you know you’re about to take a very important test?

“And your sister is still missing. Why are you showing me this now? What are you trying to pull?”

I hurried to explain, wanting Mom to look at the previous message—the one that had predicted Molly’s disappearance.

But this time, Mom slapped my hand away.

“Show me another message like that, and I’ll take your phone away right now.”

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  • The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55   Chapter 8

    “We were always so close...”The moment the words left my mouth, Molly let out a cold laugh, her eyes full of contempt.“What was I supposed to do? I’m your older sister, yet I’ve never been as good as you.“I’ve never been able to keep up with you. No matter what I did, you were always better.”She lowered her head, her voice dull and heavy.“Why couldn’t I become you?”I stared at her.“So you came up with this plan to scare me with the messages and leave me too distraught to think clearly.“Then you pressured Mom into switching my admission ticket at the last minute.”Molly said nothing.“You sent the messages, didn’t you?”She remained silent.“That unfamiliar number was yours, wasn’t it? You had set it up in advance.”I turned to Mom and Dad.“You both knew. You helped her try to take over my future.”Mom’s eyes reddened.“Kelly, your sister was just confused and made a terrible mistake...“Your father and I only found out right before you entered the testing site. There was nothi

  • The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55   Chapter 7

    At 9:50, the bell signaling the end of the test rang.I only had one thought in my mind.My SAT score had to be mine.The proctor came over and nodded at me.“It’s been taken care of. I’ve had a new admission ticket issued for you. Just use it to enter this afternoon.”I nodded my thanks.I tucked my newly issued admission ticket into the innermost compartment of my backpack, then placed Molly’s admission ticket and ID into my document envelope.The bell signaling the end of the final test rang. I left the testing room, and retrieved my phone from the locker.I turned it on.There were no new messages.When I walked out of the testing room, the gates were already surrounded by people.Mom and Dad were already waiting there. And Molly was there, too.The moment Mom saw me, she hurried over.“Kelly, how did it go?”The smile on her face made me feel cold inside.But I still forced a faint smile.“It was okay.”She looked guilty and lowered her head to avoid my gaze.I didn’t expose her.

  • The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55   Chapter 6

    Mom was going to kill me?No. That was ridiculous.Then I thought about Molly.Dad said she had gone after someone.Who was that person?Who could have made Molly chase after them on the day of her SATs without even taking her admission ticket?A sudden thought made my blood run cold, and my eyes instinctively fell on something lying on the desk.I shot to my feet.The legs of my chair scraped loudly against the floor, sounding especially harsh in the silent testing room.Everyone turned to look at me.The proctor also raised her head and frowned.“Is something wrong?”I opened my mouth, but my throat felt dry.“Ma’am, I can’t take the test.”The proctor glanced down at her watch, then looked back at me.“It’s 8:30. The test doesn’t begin for another fifteen minutes.”Her voice was calm, but her frown remained.“What happened?”I picked up the admission ticket and ID from my desk, walked to the front of the room, and handed them to her.“Ma’am, these aren’t my admission ticket and ID.”

  • The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55   Chapter 5

    I turned around to find Mom standing behind me. She was the one who called my name.She was holding my document envelope. The sudden chain of events had happened so quickly that I hadn’t even realized I’d dropped it.“You’re heading into battle without your weapon. You’re always forgetting things.”Mom scolded me as she usually did, but something felt off.Though she kept complaining, she avoided my gaze the entire time.Even her expression seemed stiff and strangely complicated.It wasn’t simple worry or anxiety. There was something else in her eyes—something I couldn’t understand.She handed me the pencil case, her voice more hurried than usual.“I checked everything for you. Hurry up and go take your test.”I took it and looked inside.My admission ticket, ID card, calculator...Everything was there.But my admission ticket and ID card had clearly been in my possession the entire time.“Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Just do your best. I believe in you.”She said it all in

  • The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55   Chapter 4

    I couldn’t make out what the person on the other end was saying.But I could see Mom’s expression.It changed little by little.Mom hung up.Her hand dropped to her side, her phone still clutched in her palm, but she looked as though she had suffered a devastating blow.“Mom?”I called out to her.She didn’t respond.“Mom, what did Dad say? Did he find Molly?”Mom slowly turned to look at me.Her eyes were red, and her lips trembled, but she couldn’t get a word out.The noise around us suddenly seemed very far away.I reached for her arm.“Say something...”Her lips parted, and she finally spoke.But her voice was so hoarse that it barely sounded like her own.“Kelly, go inside and take your test.”I bit my lip and shook my head.I knew something must have happened.“I’m not going in. Tell me what Dad said.”Mom still refused to say anything.“Be a good girl.”My voice was already breaking, drawing a few curious glances from the parents nearby.“What happened to Molly? Tell me, and I’l

  • The Death Notice Arrived Before 7:55   Chapter 3

    The first one read: [Tomorrow at 6:30 a.m.. Leaving for the testing center. Your sister disappears.]Because I hadn’t taken the message seriously and left for the testing center at 6:30, Molly really did disappear.The second message read: [Traffic jam. You're in the car. Your father isn't. Dead.]Dad was fine, and so was I, because I had gotten out of the car.I hadn’t followed the message’s , so the prediction hadn’t come true.The thought made my whole body relax.That was what I told myself.As long as I didn’t follow the messages’ , everything would be fine.A short while later, the car pulled up outside the school. It was already past eight.Mom paid the fare and turned to look at me.“We’re here. Let’s get out.”At the exact moment I opened the car door, I failed to notice the phone in my pocket vibrate.A new message lay quietly in my inbox.7:30 a.m.I stood outside the testing center and glanced down at my phone.There was a new message.It was from the same unfamiliar number

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