Heed the Warnings of a Strong Woman

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"Good morning tio, good morning Cami!"

"Good morning Mirabel. "

"What are you guys doing?"

"Just drawing."

"Nice."

       You know, ignoring all the creepy butterflies she makes to stalk me, she's actually pretty cool. Than again, that little detail kinda makes me not wanna be around. I know that's rude but I can't help it if it makes me feel uncomfortable. When Mirabel is awake, I have to worry about butterflies always watching me. And when I mean always, I mean, always watching me.

"You were up all this time, why didn't you tell me, I would've made something for you Camilo."

"It's ok tia Julieta, really, I wasn't hungry. "

"Nonsense, I must make sure you're fed at all times. "

"Alright . . . "

          And here it is again, the same old boring routine. Everything is so repetitive, I wish things were different. Although I also wish to know more about papi, he seems to have an very interesting past. Also, why does Luisa seem sad? I'm gonna ask about it later when everyone else is asleep.

       5 minutes has past, another normal day. An hour has past of being stuck in this house. An hour becomes 2 & 2 becomes 4. Tick tick, tock tock goes the clock! 4 hours becomes 8 & it's soon dinner time. 2 hours for all above age 20 to sleep + one more for everyone except Luisa & I to sleep.

"Luisa?"

"Yes, Camilo?"

"Is something wrong?"

"Why wouldn't everything be fine, I'm totally not nervous."

"Right, & that's why you're doing doing the eye twitch."

". . . Camilo, the truth is . . . I'm afraid of Abuelo . . . Actually, I'm afraid of almost everyone in this family. "

"Why?"

"Do you remember someone waving at you recently?"

"Yes, why?"

"Well, she got killed, by Antonio, & her family also got murdered by tia Pepa."

"W-what?"

"Yeah . . . Abuelo instructed them to do it, & they were OK with it. The town people are being terrorized by our own family & they're afraid to go near you because Abuelo is overprotective of you."

"Wow, ok . . ."

"Yeah . . . And Camilo . . ."

"Yeah?"

"The ghosts are your friends. "
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Thank you all so much for reading & I apologize for taking forever to update, I kinda forgot this book existed but please stay safe. 370 words.

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