I Bought a Haunted Office Building—There’s a Killer in the Backrooms
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Why is the employee missing and what does it mean for the CEO?
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This is Josh. Leave a message.
The tone sounds in my ear. My nostrils flare. Unclenching my jaw takes effort as I open my mouth to leave another voice message. You better call me back in the next five minutes or you're fired. You hear me, boyer? This is unacceptable. Call me the fuck back. I end the call and jam the phone into my inside jacket pocket. If he could answer, I'm sure he would. Avery says from the seat on my left and the back of the Escalade. Something's wrong. She's looking down at her phone, thumbs typing away. The sun is setting and the glow from her phone makes my little sister's face look paler than it is. The blood red lipstick doesn't help. I'm wasting a whole day on this shit. I shake my head and lean forward, peering to the windshield.
How much longer? The Uber driver glances at the navigation screen. Two minutes. The ride from the airport has taken nearly an hour. We've passed the towering skyscrapers of downtown. Now we're reaching the outskirts, where rows of four- and five-story buildings form a concrete canyon around the road. Fucking ridiculous, I grumble, sitting back in my seat. Avery raises a judgmental eyebrow, looking side-eye at me. If I had known you'd get like this, I would have come alone. What the hell does that mean? I didn't want to do this at all. And I asked you to come alone, remember that?" Avery turns and pins me with her father's deep blue eyes. Your best friend has suddenly gone MIA, running an errand for you, and you don't even want to come see what happened?
See if he is okay? First of all, I'm a grown man. I don't have a best friend. Ignoring Avery's snort at my grown man remark, I press on. Secondly, you say errand like Boyer isn't getting paid, like he isn't out here doing his job. And third, I'm sure he's fine. Probably fell off the wagon again. After three years, just like that? I shrug. It's possible. We stop at a red light. Glancing out my side window, I see a homeless man sitting against the light pole with a sign propped between his legs. I don't bother reading the sign, reaching into my pocket and grabbing my wallet while I roll the window down.
Hey!
The man scrambles up and comes over. I hand him a hundred dollar bill. The light turns green. The driver pulls away as the guy stares down at the bill. A moment later, he snaps out of it and calls.
Thanks, man.
Smiling, I sit back in my seat, rolling the window up. I feel Avery's eyes on me. What? Looking amused, my sister shakes her head. I don't get you. You're nicer to perfect strangers than you are to the people who love you. I scoff. No, I'm not. I'm nice to everyone. I gave you a job, didn't I? And Boyer? Avery rolls her eyes. The SUV turns into an empty, weed-strewn parking lot. He drives through the deepening dusk toward a four-story office building that hasn't been used in at least three decades.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is the employee missing and what does it mean for the CEO?
0:00–5:35
2
What eerie discoveries are made inside the haunted office building?
5:35–11:03
3
How does the building's atmosphere contribute to the story's tension?
11:03–16:39
4
What happens when the characters split up in the building?
16:39–21:46
5
Who is the mysterious figure in the zombie mask?
21:46–25:32
Speakers
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