But Nobody Came Novels & Stories

What no one knew was that each screen displayed tens of thousands of lines of program commands. “Bennett, didn’t you say the boss was coming. Why hasn’t she arrived yet?” A chubby man with a buzz cut complained to the person beside him. “Are you messing with us?” Bennett let out a soft snort, took a calm sip of tea, cleared his throat, and replied leisurely, “Why the rush? Isn’t she already here?” “Where?” Because of his excitement, his voice was loud enough to draw everyone’s attention toward the entrance.

“You look beat.” “School ran late,” Allen replied, dropping his backpack behind the counter. Patty and Joe followed him in, sliding into the first booth as if this were routine. But it wasn’t. Nothing about today felt routine. “Where’s Miss Mona? I didn’t see her car outside.” Tyler’s cloth slowed. He swallowed. “She… didn’t come in this morning.” Allen blinked. “What do you mean she didn’t come in? She always opens.” “She didn’t,” Tyler said. “I got here at seven and the place was dark. No message, nothing. I tried calling, but it went straight to voicemail. I had to unlock the place myself.”

Nothing was amusing in the sound. "Stepped out?" My voice rose despite my efforts to control it. "After everything that happened tonight, he just stepped out?" Linda lowered her eyes. "I am only repeating what I was told." The answer did nothing to calm me. Roland was not answering. Marcus was not answering. My father was nowhere to be found. For the time since leaving the gathering, the mansion felt much larger than usual. Much emptier. I looked down at my phone again. Still nothing. No messages.

Still no one there. That's when I noticed the silence. Usually, by now the room would be filled with the roaring vacuum cleaner. But just now, without that roar, I noticed that not only was Cass absent, but Neil too. Fuck. I sat looking at the door, staring at it, feeling time slowly pass by. I half expected the door to creak open at any moment now. But it never did.

Johnson, Elizabeth's voice trembles with urgency as she poses her burning question, "Did anyone come here last night?" Mrs. Johnson and the man exchange a brief glance, their shared confusion palpable. With a slow shake of her head, Mrs. Johnson confirms that no other visitors had graced the house apart from Elizabeth. The weight of the realization settles heavily on Elizabeth's shoulders, her mind grappling to unravel the mystery of her return to her bed without any recollection. Suppressing her lingering apprehension, Elizabeth swallows the words that threaten to spill forth, sensing that sharing her troubling experience may not be met with understanding or belief.

"Natalie? Was there a blackout? Why is it so dark in here?" Nicole let out trying to look past her fear, Natalie told her to meet her here but the whole place was already so dark even though it was still pretty bright outside it was only a few minutes past seven pm, why will Natalie ask her to come here when she won't be here? Initially, she had thought she wanted her to come to pick her but when she got to the complex, no one was in sight, she should have called Natalie before she got out of her car, she didn't expect the inside to be this dark and empty, the last time they had come here, there had been a few people here.

I stepped out carefully, adjusting the hem of my dress slightly as my heels touched the ground. For a second, it felt like he was going to reach for my hand. His fingers moved slightly. Then stopped. Dropped. Like he changed his mind halfway. I noticed. Of course I did. But I didn’t say anything. We walked inside together. And the first thing I noticed— It was empty. Completely. No chatter. No movement. No people sitting at tables. Just quiet. I turned to him slightly. “Why is nobody here?” I asked. He looked at me.

I whimpered and hugged my knees. Mom walked up to me, "Stop being so dramatic, love. Come." She stretched her arms to help me to get up. As I got up, my brows furrowed when there were no other people in the living room, except us. Mom just literally stood in front of me for about a minute. How could they disappear so suddenly without making any noise? "Are you okay?" "Mom, where's everybody? I am sure there are more than three people here," I stated while scanning the whole house.

Besides, I don't want to assume yet unless it's directly stated because I don't want to get disappointed in the end… I watched their backs and waited for somebody to come and be introduced or personally introduce himself to all of us that he would be the man I'd be engaged to be married with. I waited and minutes passed and yet nobody was coming around. There wasn't even a trace of another person to be arriving and it seemed like we were no longer waiting for another man because the three of them were already completed and they were the only expected visitors to come tonight… No… Tell me, it isn't Fabio, is it?

-¿Were you talking to someone? -No, I was just thinking out loud. -The school is almost empty. -¿Almost? ¿What are you talking about? There's no one in the halls. -No one besides Mindy. I kept hiding without saying a word. -I know you're in there Mindy, you can come out now. -No one is here, Moon.