Excellent Danielle speaks to Calllum about Eve His Silence : His Silence - Chapter 71 by Jacob1395

Background When Harvey murders his parents, he refuses to say why he did it. Twenty years later, he's finally ready to talk. My eyelids flutter open. I sit upright in bed. It takes me ten seconds to realise I’m in Eve’s room. I hold my hand to my chest, and breathe in deeply. My throat still hurts from where Abraham pinned me against the wall. I won’t have another panic attack. Eve isn’t in the room. She must’ve gone to the bathroom or gone down to breakfast. I check my phone, picking it off the floor. It’s just gone nine thirty. I need to speak to Max; I still haven’t had the chance to tell him what I found out about Oliver from Sarah. A knock on my door makes me jump. ‘You alright?’ It’s Callum. He edges into the room and sits on the edge of my bed. He’s already got dressed. Has he already eaten this morning?   I nod, and wipe my eye. ‘Yeah, I just . . . if Oliver hadn’t been there yesterday, I just can’t stop thinking if.’ ‘Hey, Danielle, it didn’t happen, you don’t need to worry about Abraham anymore. He’s gone.’ ‘I know, but it’s the others we need to worry about,’ I say. Has Oliver had to expel anyone like that before? ‘What’s Eve actually discussed with you, y’know when the two of you have been on your own together?’ ‘Erm, she’s mainly been asking me about my life really, why?’ I shake my head. ‘It’s something she said to me last night. She’s scared, Callum, that’s what she told me.’ He frowns at me. ‘She’s probably scared because of what happened yesterday,’ he suggests. ‘No, it was more than that. She didn’t tell me anything further, but, perhaps you might have more luck with her. She doesn’t seem to want to open up to me, well, apart from the time when she told me she was living on the streets, but since then she’s sort of been a bit cold with me.’ ‘I can try, but, bloody hell, what the hell is there for her to be scared about? I thought she loved this place.’ ‘I know, but she’s been here for a couple of years now, perhaps she’s had to learn how to hide her feelings, like Noah.’ I rub the palms of my hands as I shiver. What the hell does Eve know about this place? What does she know about Oliver? ‘Are you coming down to breakfast?’ Callum asks.  ‘I will do in a minute, you go on ahead of me and I’ll join you in a bit.’ He gets up from the bed and heads out of the room. Before he turns into the corridor, he looks back towards me. ‘Everything’s gonna be OK,’ he says. I nod. ‘Go on, I’ll see you in a minute.’ I wait until his footsteps get further away before I open my last message to Max. I begin to type another message, detailing everything Sarah told me yesterday and press send. This has got to give him something more concrete to work on. Author Notes Characters: Danielle (protagonist) - renamed Grace by Oliver Callum (Danielle's best friend) Harvey (Danielle's brother) Michael (Danielle's adoptive father) Emma (Danielle's adoptive mother) John Cole (Danielle's biological father) Laura Cole (Danielle's biological mother) Ian Jones (third person who Harvey killed) Max Hardy (podcaster) Jeremiah (works with Oliver) Oliver Adams (Marsh View House owner) Mary (works with Oliver) Abraham (Marsh View resident) Abigail (Marsh View resident) Isaac (Marsh View resident) Noah (Marsh View resident) Eve (Marsh View resident)

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