House Of Anubis Patricia Novels & Stories

Krista POV Patricia Owens' living room was the room of someone who had been waiting a long time and had made peace with the waiting without letting it consume the rest of her life. Books on every surface. A small television. A kitchen visible through a doorway that smelled like coffee and something baked earlier in the morning. Family photographs on the mantelpiece, children and grandchildren in the ordinary accumulation of a life lived alongside the specific secret she had been carrying since the night she worked a NICU shift seven years ago and saw something she could not unsee.

“What? Druscilla, have you lost your goddamn mind?” “Yeah, Mom,” I yelled back, half-laughing even though nothing about this was funny. “I’ve lost my mind. I’m going crazy, and I want you to see exactly what your precious perfect son-in-law is capable of.” I raked my gaze over Isaac like he was something stuck to the bottom of my shoe. Patricia stormed across the chancel in her cream silk suit, grabbed the cords herself, and ripped them out of the wall. The screen went black with a sad little pop.

Patricia stiffened; something seemed stuck in her throat as sorrow spread from her eyes. Joe tried to pull Patricia away. Patricia sniffed hard, pretending to follow him. When he let his guard down, she suddenly turned and with her other hand, pulled away the white cloth covering Debbie. The air froze instantly. Before them lay a charred corpse, blackened and with a grotesquely twisted pose, its features no longer discernible— ---

Sebastian's throat tightened as he said, "Do you know where your mummy is?" At this question, Patricia’s bright eyes dimmed, and her small head lowered. She had never seen her mummy and didn’t know what she looked like. She also didn’t know where she was or when she would come back. She just kept waiting for her mummy. "I know where your mummy is. Do you want to come with me to find her?" Sebastian offered. "Really? You’ve seen my mummy?" Patricia’s face lit up with hope. "Yes." With the groundwork laid earlier, Patricia trusted Sebastian. Now, hearing that he might take her to her mummy, she was eager to go.

Patricia was very surprised to see keisha. She wasn't expecting to see her. Now she was certain that Keisha was Adam's Mistress. Patricia threw her bag on the Floor, she was fuming in anger. Patricia Grabbed Keisha's hair and pulled it really hard. " You Stubborn Slut! I told you to stay away from my husband! He is married, you idiot! Carmilla, despite the pain she was feeling, tried to push Patricia away from her daughter.