Chapter 11

James' head snapped up. He stared at the closet before him, but he could not summon the courage to open it. The closer he got to the closet, the more his heart raced. He had a feeling that the closet contained an earth-shattering secret. He raised his trembling hands but struggled to open the closet doors. Sophie wandered into the room at that moment. She looked confused as to why he froze in front of the closet. "What's wrong, James? I came to check on you because I heard a noise." She scanned the empty bedroom. Colette was unexpectedly gone. A thought struck Sophie. Could Colette have willingly moved out? James remained standing in front of the closet wordlessly. That prompted Sophie to look at the closet too. Without thinking, she opened the closet, only to scream her lungs out at the sight that greeted her. Her scream pulled James back to reality. His heart dropped when he saw what was in the closet—Colette's blood-stained body. Colette's eyes were tightly shut. Her body, s