Дмитрий Леонтьев – Don't trust anyone (страница 10)

“So! You told me about one place. Sounds wonderful. And of course I’m eager to know more,” Kevin said.

“Hah,” Robert reacted.

“That’s it? Hah?” Kevin asked.

“Wait a minute, Kevin. Walls have ears and what I want to tell you is top secret!”

“Really?” Kevin asked bewildered and it seemed to him that he could hear a noise in the handset.

Some time later he heard his friend’s voice again, “Have you heard about resurrection?” Robert asked.

“Resurrection of what?” Kevin asked thoughtfully.

“Resurrection from the dead,” Robert declared.

After those words Kevin pulled up his feet from under the bed and in a confused voice asked, “Are you going nuts? What are you talking about?”

“I mean it, dude,” Robert sounded certain.

At this moment Kevin thought that his friend was being silly.

“Ok, spill it out,” Kevin said waiting for his friend to start telling the details.

“Dude! The whole school year I was practising rites of resurrection. I’m really addicted to them! And recently, I got amazing results,” Robert confessed.

“Get out!” Kevin reacted.

“You don’t believe me?” Robert enquired.

“Of course, no,” Kevin answered. “ That’s nonsense,” he added.

“What are you doing tomorrow?” Robert asked.

“Nothing,” Kevin answered mockingly.

“Let me show you something,” Robert suggested.

“Ok, and what are you going to show me?” Kevin asked.

“The resurrection from the dead,” Robert said seriously.

“Oh, shit” Kevin swore into the handset. “When and where can you do that?” he added.

“At the old cemetery,” Robert responded.

“Where?” Kevin asked in amazement.

“At the cemetery,” Robert repeated calmly.

“Where is it?” Kevin asked already sounding slightly nervous.

“Opposite the new cemetery,” Robert declared. “But we should do it in the evening,” he added.

“You shouldn’t watch so many horror movies,” Kevin suggested and looked at Max.

“Well, if you’re not interested, I won’t beg you, mate,” Robert said and added, “my mum is coming.” Then he abruptly finished the call.

Hearing the beeps, Kevin hung up.

He sat a little longer on his bed pondering over his friend’s idea and then put the phone back on the table.

“Oh, Max,” he said turning to his dog. “I envy you, you don’t understand how silly some people can be.” Then he began stroking the dog on the head and muzzle.

CHAPTER 4

“Are you coming with me tomorrow?” Kevin read a message in his mobile phone almost at midnight.

He was already sleeping when he heard the sound of the phone message.

At first he couldn’t understand who could have sent him the message. Reading it the second time he recalled his conversation with Robert and typed an answer, “Yes, but let me continue my dream.” After that he put his mobile phone on the floor near the bedstead.

Suddenly a new message rang him up. Kevin was languidly lowering his arm to pick up his phone again when suddenly somebody touched it.

“What’s that?” Kevin exclaimed nervously and quickly pulled his arm back up.

Then he heard his dog crawling from under the bed and took a breath of relief.

“Don’t do that anymore,” Kevin whispered and then picked up his mobile.

“Tomorrow near the school at 5 p.m.,” he read and thinking about something put the phone down on the floor again.

“Resurrection,” he said looking at the ceiling and closed his eyes to have some more sleep.

* * * * * *

“Good morning!” Linda greeted Kevin with a kiss.

“Good morning, mum,” Kevin answered smiling at her.

“Breakfast is ready,” she declared and went out.

Kevin wiped his eyes before opening them and then caught sight of his dog standing in front of him with horrendous devilish eyes and blood in his muzzle.

“Max!” Kevin yelled. “What have you done?”

The dog stood still peering at him and it seemed that it was about to dash to him and split Kevin with his claws and fangs.

“Where were you? Mum! Something’s wrong with Max,” he shouted feeling immensely scared of his dog.

“It’s only your imagination,” a strange voice answered from afar.

“Mum, where are you?” Kevin kept shouting. A feeling of impending doom was building up inside him.

“Where is daddy?” Kevin shouted.

“You know, sweetie, he is dead!” the strange voice said. Kevin could not recognize the voice.

“Mum!” he shouted and jumped up on the bed with his back to the wall. The dog immediately dashed to him putting his big paws on the surface of the bed.

“What’s going on?” Kevin said in a trembling voice.

“The dog is hungry, that’s all!” the voice replied.

“Mum, come here, please! I’m scared!” Kevin bawled.

At last, he heard somebody’s sluggish footsteps approaching his room.

The dog, which was still staring at its master, began to roar evilly.

“Mum!” Kevin screamed.

The footsteps stopped and suddenly it became dark outside, as if it was deep night and the curtains on the windows began closing by themselves.

“Help! Who is it?” Kevin said without understanding anything.

At last somebody came inside and it was not his mother. It was Robert, who stood there with a shovel in his hand.

“What are you doing here?” Kevin asked, completely at a loss.