Novel & Cerita Neighbor

"I think… this is exactly where I want to be." Melissa beamed. "That’s what we like to hear. I’ll go over the details of the rental agreement, but if you two want to discuss anything, take your time." Jace nodded before looking at me again. "The place is solid, well-maintained. If you have any concerns, now’s the time to ask." I hesitated, glancing out the large window overlooking the woods. "How isolated is it?" He smirked. "Pretty quiet. Nearest neighbor is about a mile down the road. No one’s going to be knocking on your door unless you want them to."

I couldn't understand why my friend said the man looked familiar, but then I realized it was Joe, my neighbor and Lesley's husband. Sometimes we would travel together, and I would post our group pictures online, so it wasn't surprising that my friend recognized him. Seeing the way they acted around each other, it didn't seem like they had only just gotten close the night before. When did it all start? After they left, I got out of the car and installed surveillance at home, then checked the trash in the bedroom. My fist tightened in anger when I saw what was in there.

Closer. Not just searching. Calling.

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Three hours later, Jack pulled into the neighborhood where his sister resided. Traffic had been more hectic than he'd anticipated. The area was rougher than he'd have liked. Older homes left in various states of disrepair lined the street, surrounded by rusted chain l**k fences. Graffiti tags littered the various buildings, cars sat on bricks along the edges of the streets, and a strange silence hung in the air. Finally, he reached the two-story faded pink home of his sister. He pulled into the empty drive and turned off the car.

"Why hello young man of course we can but would you like some sweet tea or water" "No ma'am I'm good. I was wondering if you could answer some questions for me about your neighbors" "My neighbors? Sure I suppose so." "Thank you. Has anyone moved in in the past week or are there any abandoned buildings around here?" "Well let me think...a nice elderly couple moves into the log cabin about 10 miles from here and there is an abandoned house about 5 miles back down the way you came but I suppose you wouldn't have seen it hidden behind some of the trees that have grown in front of it most people don't see it unless they drive up the

I say deflating in seconds. After a short cab ride, all three of us are standing at the ruins of a blown-up bus, although there are nobodies lying around on the street you can still see the bloodstains from where they were, the whole area has been cordoned off, there are still police and investigators looking around so there's not much chance of us being able to get near the site without being spotted, I stand at the edge of the tape, close my eyes and take in as much air as I can, I breathe deeply trying to concentrate on the smell around me but all I'm getting is the scent of the humans around me and burnt remains of the explosion

Iv been staying with pops for 3 days now and to be quiet honest its been relaxing, pops is easy to live with, he lives alone in a small two-bedroom house overlooking the sea with deep forests behind the house, its peaceful here nobody to disturb you and pops is happy to just go about his day and leave me in peace.

" She smile and said " Oh so you are my new neighbour, Well I am Stacy and i live in apartment 310. In front of yours." I smile and said " Oh really nice to meet you. Can you please tell me where is the store?" She nodded and said " Yes i can but it is not that near. Why don't you come to my house and we can have sme tea?"

He was observant enough to notice something funny about me. “Birthday yesterday? You mean Nex? Single mom with different-colored eyes?” I became puzzled by the question asked. “You know Nex?” “We’re neighbors. Right next door to each other,” he answered. “If she has a friend like you with her, I guess it will help make things easy on her.” “What do you mean by that?”