Chapter 3: Articles, Bets, and Welcome to St. Augustine’s

The rest of the week went by quickly for the group and they were all anxious for what was to come that weekend. As the group packed up their gear in Aiden’s X-Terra and Glen’s car, Ashley double checked the locks on the house. It was almost 5 o’clock and when everything was a-go they piled into their respective cars; Aiden, Kyla, Spencer, Ashley, and Jessi in Aiden’s X-Terra and Glen and Madison in Glen’s car; and were off.

Ten minutes into the drive the two couples in the X-Terra were having their own conversations and Jessi was deeply involved in reading some information she’d printed off prior to departure. Spencer glanced over at her and noticed her furrowed brow. The blonde nudged her girlfriend and motioned to her right.

“Jess what’s up?” Ashley asked.

“Huh?” Jessi looked up, “Oh, um, nothing really.” She went back to her papers.

Ashley and Spencer shared a look and pressed on.

“What are you reading?” Spencer inquired.

“Just some stuff on where we’re going.” The eldest brunette said evenly without looking up.

Ashley rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“Vague much? Geez! Lemme see.”

“No do-”

She was cut off as Ashley grabbed some of the papers out of her cousin’s lap and handed a few to Spencer. The younger girls looked over them and their brows furrowed as well. They looked at Jessi who, in turn, frowned and dropped her head.

“Now do you see why I didn’t want you to look at them?”

“All this stuff really happened there? No wonder they closed it down.” Ashley said shaking her head in disbelief.

“What’s going on?” Kyla said finally joining the conversation.

Ashley handed her the articles and grabbed more from Jessi.

“Holy crap.” Was all Kyla could manage after reading the material.

“What? What am I missing out on?” Aiden asked desperately from the driver’s seat.

Spencer filled him in and he looked none too thrilled.

“I’m not feeling too good about this anymore guys. Maybe we should call it off.” Kyla said as she continued reading another article.

“We can’t just call it off Ky and besides, are you really going to let a couple ghost stories scare you off?” Ashley teased and poked her in the side.