In the Past (1)

Silence filled the church as everyone was too shocked to speak. It was Styles who first broke the quiet when an awkward unamused laugh came out of him. He went there with the group still half asleep that his heart nearly jumped out of his chest when Mr. Higgins almost caught them earlier the moment he accidentally stepped on a stick outside. And now this. "Things can't get any worse than this, right?" he muttered mostly to himself.

"Uncle?" Katherine questioned. She looked between the two while many theories ran through her head. "Why are you calling him uncle?"

Deborah pressed her lips together and looked away, unwilling to give anything to them. Their situation already looked bad, but she couldn't help holding on to hope that she and Higgins would get out of this alive. She planned to keep her mouth shut and not tell them anything.