Holiday Romance: Halloween Movie Marathon (Part 2 of 4)
Holiday Romance: Halloween Movie Marathon (Part 2 of 4)
"Cranberry?" He let the name linger in the air for a moment. "Girl? Where'd you go?"
He thought to himself for a moment, where the dog could've gone. She was asleep when he'd left and it hadn't been that long.
"Cranberry?" He let the name linger in the air for a moment. "Girl? Where'd you go?"
The house, once full of screams and clashing piano keys, was silent.
He pulled out his phone to see if his girlfriend, Kristen, had arrived. Surely then Cranberry would rush to her side, but he would've heard her get up. It didn't make any sense.
The stairs leading to the bedroom creaked as James made his way up. Cranberry had a bed beside theirs and would sometimes go there to sleep when James and Kristen would stay up late watching television. He entered the bedroom and turned on the light. His four-legged companion was nowhere to be found.
"You can't just up and disappear, Cran," said James to the silent room. He tapped his finger on his chin as he paced around. "Where could you have gone?" He thought back to the creak he'd heard before reaching the kitchen. "Did you somehow get there before me?" He shook his head and smiled. "She must've gone for her food and fell asleep by the bowl."
He smirked as he made his way back down the stairs, feeling as if he'd solved the case of the missing dog, but when he arrived at the kitchen his feeling of accomplishment faded into dust.
"There's a reason for this," he said, his hands in his hair. "Cranberry is," he thought of her favorite spots to sleep as he walked from the cupboards to the dishwasher, back and forth, "in the basement? No, she hates it down there." He glanced over to the door of the basement and noticed it was ajar. "Every movie I just watched has taught me this is a bad idea," he said in a whisper, "a very bad idea."
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