Chap.3

"Hey kiddo, what are you doing up early?", my dad asked as he came down the stairs. While I was making eggs, I said,"I'm gonna take another round at the town, see the school head to the library..." My dad stopped and asked,"The library?" I nodded and said,"Yeah what's wrong with the library?" He laughed,"You never go to the library. You don't even like reading!" I said,"Well, it's not too late for a new start." He sighed,"That's true. So what are you going to the library for?" I put my dad's eggs on a plate and said,"Just eat and I'll see you later. Bye dad." I walked out and while I was heading to my car, I saw a little glow on the ground near my car. I kneeled down and saw the same locket I saw in the basement yesterday. Except when I opened it, there was no picture of the man anymore just the woman. Maybe someone can help me figure out who she is with a little help with this.



I made it to the library and boy was it big, like so big it kind of looked like a high school. On the inside, it looked even BIGGER! Bunch of shelves everywhere, books from fiction to non-fiction to history to maps. There was even a lounge in the middle full of lounging chairs and tables! You could probably even fit a StarBucks in here. Anyways, I made it to the front desk of the library and said,"Hi, I was wondering if I could find out some information of previous residents living in this town." A guy was looking through papers and said while still checking papers,"Sorry ma'am, that is private stuff." His voice sounded familiar and I said,"That's a shame, I really need to find out about this woman." He sighed and looked up then that's when I recognized him. The guy from the store! He smiled then said,"Hi...umm...well this is a suprise." I said,"Yeah...so what are you doing here?" He shrugged and said,"I come here to help my mom with work. By the way, I never gave you my name it's Nick" I looked around, taking in everything I saw then said,"I'm Lea. So... can you help me with this woman?" He looked unsure and said,"Well...okay. What does she look like?" I said,"Okay she has blonde hair, usually in a bun. A long-sleeve shirt with a collar with a cresent in the middle, I guess clipping the collar together. Her skirt, her skirt, is long, almost long to the floor. It is red velvet and her boots are black and they are kind of pointed but not really." Nick looked at me suspiciously and kind of amazed. He said,"Show me a picture." I took out the locket I found and opened it, inside was the picture of the woman still inside. Nick took it then looked at me suprised. I asked,"What is it?" He stammered,"This woman...This woman is Marie Hatching. She died in 1984. She was a teacher at age 26, then she met this man we never knew who he really was. All we heard was he was probably western, but they were happy with each other. Soon, they had a baby, they named it Annabelle and she wail right through the rooftop. It became a complaint when Marie went to church with Annabelle. Soon Marie's boyfriend couldn't take so much noise, he told her to either adopt her or make her be more quiet.

"Marie told him she would keep the baby but train it to be more quiet. But a few days after of atempting, her boyfriend went on a trip for work. Then Annabelle went missing, Marie began telling people to begin helping her find Annabelle. Marie's boyfriend came home a few days later and found a sad, Marie grieving for her might-be-dead baby daughter. Then her boyfriend went mad and kicked her out because she wouldn't let it go. Marie spent days searching then one day....a few kids were playing in the forest and saw a shoe sticking out. They wanted to use it for fun and when they took it, they noticed a foot being in the shoe. The boys told their moms, their moms told the police then the police found Marie's dead body in the dirt.

"They found knife wounds in the stomach, but there was no evidence of who might of killed her. The police suspected that the boyfriend might have something to do with it but they could never find him. Some say that he might of killed Marie, some say he told someone to kill her for him no one ever found out. Just rumors and total possibilities."

I just stood there, trying to take this all in. Marie....is a ghost.... Nick asked,"Lea, Lea you there?" I stammered,"Umm....I'm....here. But...how..." Nick said,"I know it's hard to take this all in. So why all of a sudden you've taken an interest on her?" I said,"I...I have been seeing her a few nights now.... She's looking for her baby." Nick leaned closer and asked,"Wait what? How do you see her?" I said,"My dad is a ghost hunter, he sees ghosts in his mind. Somehow for some reason, I can only see them through my eyes." He said,"Oh, so what are you going to do about Marie?" I sighed and said,"I don't know, but I want to find out more about her. Can you help me?" Nick smiled and said,"Sure." I knew someone would come around to helping me.