Caught Up

After several minutes which seemed unending, the drive finally appeared on the laptop. Lucas hastily hunched forward with a satisfactory smile dancing merrily on his lips.

“Let’s see..” He muffled, clicking on the icon but was a bit surprised to see only one file from the drive. “What’s so special about this?” He commented, clicking on the file while he waited for it to load.

After a few seconds, the video started playing. At first, Lucas thought he was watching some sort of horror movie– not until he saw his sister.

He instinctively gasped, covering his mouth with his hand like a flush of shock swept across his face.

At that moment, their mother walked in– making the slightest sound. She was instantly swept up by the same shock when her eyes involuntarily rested on the screen of the laptop upon stepping into Lucas' room; following his gaze.

“Wh–what's going on?” She stuttered, making known her presence as she deftly hunched for the laptop.