I met Leona today.
It took some persuasion, but eventually she agreed. She wouldn't come
anywhere near Silent Falls. We met in Glasgow, and even that was a
mission. I told Mum I was staying back at school for a study group,
and still there was the sigh! We met at a coffee shop just a few
minutes walk from the school. I spotted Leona immediately, because
she looked exactly how I feel.
While she wore a
pretty blue dress, and had her long hair in a very neat plait, I
could see the dark circles under her eyes. It had been a long time
since her last post, but clearly it was still taking it's toll. She
spotted me too, the second I walked into the shop. She gave me a
small smile and a wave. I sat down opposite her at the small square
table. The waitress came and took our order and shortly after,
returned with two hot chocolates.
“You've certainly
got the Silent Falls look about you,” Leona said as I sipped my
drink.
I nodded. “So do
you.”
“I'm not sure I
can get rid of it, to be honest. Where is your sister?”
I shrugged my
shoulders. “I don't know. She doesn't talk to me. We used to be so
close but now she can't stand me, and she's horrible to me.”
Leona reached into
her large canvas bag and pulled out a clear plastic folder. Within, I
could see some photos printed from websites. Twins.
“There's
something about twins in Silent Falls,” she said, opening the
folder and showing me a black and white photo of two identical girls,
wearing school uniforms, their dark hair in two long plaits. She then
placed another photo beside it, also black and white, showing twin
boys. “These are the earliest ones that I could find. I don't know
if they're the first.” She placed a finger on the photo of the
girls. “The Moran twins. Karen and Josie. They were born in 1952,
as were the Langley twins.” Her hand moved to the photo of the
boys. “Adam and John. Both sets of twins were best friends. They
did everything together, as a pair of even the group of four. When
they became teenagers, they became couples. Karen and Adam. Josie and
John. The story's a little vague, as are most stories about Silent
Falls. Adam and Josie fell for one another, somehow. Neither could
bear to hurt their twin, and so one night they decided to take a
drive down to the beach. They had some drinks and Karen and John
eventually passed out, some stories say that they were drugged. Adam
and Josie slit their throats and threw the bodies into the ocean.”
I looked at Leona,
touching the little stone under my school shirt.
“It was never
proved,” Leona went on. “Because nothing in Silent Falls ever is.
But there have been no sets of twins surviving since.” She spread
out the other photos. All different twins, most of them identical,
but some non identical too. “One always kills the other.”
My eyes scanned the
photos. I saw one of two blonde haired girls, with large blue eyes.
It looked more recent. The girls wore sparkling tops and jeans. “I've
saw that girl,” I said. “In my room. She talks to Skye.”
Leona let out an
anxious sigh. “Do you recognise any of the others?”
I scanned the
photos, then I saw two sets that looked almost like us. They were in
separate photos. But it was Kirstie and Ava, and apparently their
dead sisters. “Those girls,” I said. “They hang around with
Skye.”
“They both killed
their twins,” Leona said.
“They're going to
kill me too, aren't they?”
“Can't you stay
here?” she asked. “Isn't there anyone that you can stay with?”
I shook my head.
“My mum won't let me.”
Leona was silent
for a moment before she spoke again. “You don't have to listen.”
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