When the Family 32

Chapter 32 Unexpected Blackout

Jean squinted, her head spinning with chaotic thoughts.

That was when Lacey and the others somehow made their way over to her side.

“Stellarford Academy students, group together–we’re about to take the group photo!”

The teacher with the camera waved them over enthusiastically.

Jean blinked.

So it was time for the group picture…

But-

Weren’t they pushing in a little too aggressively?

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Jean stood in the “center” spot–right in the lens’s focus. But the students kept inching closer, pressing in around her, trying to squeeze her out of the spotlight.

Then, out of nowhere-

Lacey reached out from behind and gave her shoulder a subtle shove

Jean lost her balance.

She stumbled forward, tumbling out of her place–while Lacey swiftly slipped into the spot she had just vacated.

With a loud thud, jean fell hard to the ground.

Landing squarely on the metal switch beneath her.

Before she could blink, the entire theater was plunged into complete darkness.

All the lights went out

Screams of every pitch and tone filled her ears, the scene erupting into total chaos.

Jean clapped her hands over her ears.

At the same time, she kept alert–listening, scanning for any strange movements nearby.

blackout was exactly what

So–was he here!

had unknowingly triggered the very thing he asked of

something easy to

just how hard

ground.

her intensified. A swirl of panic, crying,

later, the

scene was

slumped to the ground on stage, faces pale with fear.

Chapter 32 Unexpected Blackout

Where’s Mr. Lamda?!”

rang out from a

one scream

gone missing during

All students were quickly escorted out of the venue and sent

had vanished into thin air. The Central Theater was no longer safe by any

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the phone with their parents. Others sobbed into

her hand

what might

Lamda’s disappearance–it had to be connected

that what he wanted? To use the darkness to take Lamda

bus dropped each student off at their doorstep since it was the weekend and

anyone to

they neared an intersection not far from her

“Not going home? Why get off at the

nearby, Jean said honestly. “I’ll walk the rest of the

driver frowned. “It’s no trouble. I can

brightly “Really, it’s not a bother

lives in a dump and doesn’t want us to

how pitiful. Too embarrassed to let us

We won’t judge. Let’s see just how shabby your place

ignored them and just urged the driver to let her

over

walked along the sidewalk, lost in

mind was full of

news about Lamda’s

out her phone and opened

“Central Theater,” and “Mr. Lamda” were

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