Not Again Mr Whitney novel Chapter 13

Mrs. Houston coughed and could finally utter a word.

“Why...why are you all here? What’s going on?”

Carrie said, “Mother, you don’t know anything? That bastard Calvin nearly killed you.”

“Who? Calvin?”

Mrs. Houston shook her head, “It wasn’t him. It was a ghost, a dark ghost. He was on top of me and I couldn’t breathe. I wanted to call somebody to save me and his tongue wrapped around my neck, trying to suffocate me. I thought I was going to die and then I didn’t know why the ghost started screaming. There were a lot of things stuck in his body and his tongue was cut off. Then I was finally saved.”

Rita stared at the toothpicks and thought about how Calvin was tearing something up and tried so hard to cut her grandma’s neck.

Was he trying to save her?

Carrie didn’t believe it, “Mother, you must be dreaming.”

But Mrs. Houston was quite sure, “It wasn’t a dream. I remembered it clearly. I was possessed. I also remembered that someone rushed here and saved me.”

Carrie didn’t know what to say this time. Was that loser really saving her?

Lewis didn’t have a clue either, “Mom, let me help you sit for a while.”

But Mrs. Houston’s whole body was stiff and she just couldn’t sit up. She was yelling that something was on her chest.

The doctor checked several times and didn’t know what to do.

Rita suddenly approached and grabbed the jade amulet hanging on Mrs. Houston’s neck.

“Rita, what are you doing? Vincent gave it to me. Why did you take it away from me?”

Mrs. Houston got upset and rolled over to take it back.

Everyone was astonished.

Carrie’s eyes were wide open and she said, “Mother, you’re sitting by yourself.”

Mrs. Houston realized what happened and said, “Yeah, why am I sitting? Oh, this is strange. My chest doesn’t feel weird anymore.”

Rita looked at the amulet and finally understood what was going on.

“Grandma, you wanna know the reason?”

“You know why?”

Rita showed her the amulet and said, “Do you remember what Calvin said about this amulet? He said it was deadly.”

Carrie gave Rita a look. She wanted her to stop taking Calvin’s side and upsetting Mrs. Houston.

Mrs. Houston wasn’t happy to hear that, “You bought that crap?”

“I didn’t believe him before. But now I do. Grandma, think about it. How many strange things have happened ever since you took the amulet?

Rita’s words got everyone thinking.

She was right. Ever since Mrs. Houston wore this amulet, the wooden chair fell apart, Vincent fell down and broke her leg and the alcohol caught on fire, which burned her back.

And now she was haunted by a ghost in her sleep.

All these weird things happened to her at the same time overnight. They had to believe her.

But Mrs. Houston still couldn’t believe that it was because of the amulet.

“All of these were just accidents. Maybe I was just having a nightmare!”

Rita was a bit mad that her grandma still refused to believe Calvin.

“Grandma, we’ve seen what happened. We all wronged Calvin.”

Carrie was feeling uncomfortable and she whispered, “No way. How did he know that?”

“Mom, grandma, we are wrong this time. This amulet is deadly. We can’t keep it.”

Then she tossed the amulet onto the ground and it was stained with a few drops of blood.

“Ahhhh...” The amulet started screaming and then it was getting quieter. At last, it was finally silent.

The jade amulet broke into pieces and didn’t shine like jade anymore.

Lewis picked one piece up and took a closer look at it. Then, he was terrified.

“It is not...not jade, it’s a bone.”

“What...”

Everyone took a step back and flinched.

“Yes, it is the bone of a child...” Calvin said

Then he held onto the desk and got up.

“Are you...are you alright?” Rita asked. He had bled a lot and looked incredibly pale.

But Calvin ignored her.

“Mrs. Houston, you had worn this amulet for a couple of hours. You’re haunted now. And from now on, your life will be clouded by misery and misfortune. Take care.”

After saying that, he covered his head and walked out of the room.

The room was quiet.

Turned out he was actually trying to save a life. But he was cursed and even beaten by so many people.

He looked so sad and disappointed.

His body wasn’t the only thing that was traumatized today.

Lewis sighed, “We’ve made a huge mistake.”

Carrie was still being mean, “So what? You really think he wouldn’t do things like that?”

“Why are you still like this? He did nothing wrong from the very beginning. We are the ones who are wrong the whole time.”

Sensing that his husband was blaming her, Carrie went mad, “Lewis, what’s that supposed to mean? So I am the one to blame? Didn’t you suspect him before? You also hit him and Rita smacked his head. And now I am the bad guy? Are you throwing me under the bus?”

Lewis was stunned, “You…you are unbelievable.”

“Lewis, say that one more time. Now you think I’m unbelievable...”

This couple fought their way back to their room.

Calvin washed away the blood on his face and changed his clothes. He took his quilt and threw it in the garbage pile.

Then, he walked towards the Rosewood Chelston Clinic.

Now he had nothing else on his mind. He just wanted to find a way to pay the money back to the Houston family.

A car passed by him.

“Hey,” Rita called, but Calvin didn’t stop for her.

Rita put her foot down and roared in front of him.

The cold look in his eyes made her stunned and forget what to say.

“What do you want?” They had been married for two years. Calvin couldn’t completely give her the cold shoulder.

“Are your...are your head okay?”

“Yes.”

“Where are you going? It’s too early in the morning. You won’t be able to get a taxi.”

“I’m just wandering around!”

Rita didn’t feel right about this. Even though she knew she was wrong this time, the way Calvin talked to her hurt her a little.

“Don’t forget we have an appointment with the Rosewood Chelston Clinic today.”

Calvin nodded, “I know. I’m heading there.”

“Alright, then hop in.”

Calvin just stood there and didn’t get in the car.

He just looked at Rita because he knew clearly that Rita had realized her mistake and still hadn’t apologized to him. She should because he deserved to be respected.

Rita wanted to say she was sorry for a few times but she just couldn’t say it.

And she couldn’t accept the way Calvin looked at her.

She thought he made a promise that he would love her forever. Why couldn’t he tolerate the mistakes she made?

“You’re gonna get in or not!”

Calvin was silent...

“Then walk your way there! I’m warning you, if you’re late and ruin this project, you’ll never get a divorce with me.”

Then the car sped off.

Calvin’s heart was aching. Why would it be so hard for her to say she was sorry? Maybe she didn’t care about his feelings at all.

He kept walking and remembered the time they spent together. It was bittersweet but he still found it beautiful.

But now...

Never mind. Just forget about it.

No matter how beautiful it was, it could always be forgotten in time.

Calvin jogged his way to the clinic. By the time he got there, the clinic wasn’t in its business hours yet.

Just as he was about to ask around to find where the director’s office was, he found a beautiful woman coming towards him.

It was Selena and she seemed to be quite worried.