The Skin Was strewn

The house was neat everything was in it’s perfectly placed ,the cushions were arranged properly and for once the dishes were clean . Emma’s house was always messy but for once she had put some effort into making her cramped apartment into something that was at least manageable to be in .since she couldn’t change the peeling wallpaper nor the carpet stained with food she just opted to clean the things she could before her friend arrived. After a couple minutes of waiting a sharp nock was heard from the door ,she jumped up and trying to ignore the fact she forgot the clean the dirt of the doorknob she opened it

“Well hello..” Caroline said as she saw her friend emerge from her house

Hello to you too It’s so great to see you , come in ! “ Emma opened the door wider inviting the guest in . Caroline walked in through the grimy door and into the house trembling a bit as she stepped a strange squelch echoing as she did

“It’s nice to see you as well “ she replied . The two walked into the living room and sat down on the blue sofa yet Emma couldn’t help to notice the way her friend’s clothes hanged off her body , she was skinny unlike her former heavier self

“ forgive me for asking but have you lost weight?” Emma asked hesitant about asking that question “ … I have unfortunately I guess I was just too busy to eat “ she replied a certain coldest spread through her voice “ well don’t worry I have some food in my cupboard “ Emmas worried voice replied . Caroline stared at her “ no I’m fine .

Emma thought and was smart enough to know not to push the matter any further but uneasiness itched through her skin causing the room to feel smaller than it was before ,

“ anyway I hope your mother is well “ Emma continued looking at the deadpan expression Caroline currently had on her face. “ she’s dead “ she replied skin tearing at the mouth slightly “ but… she was just alive yesterday how could you know ?” Emma was confused she had just seen her on a walk

then suddenly she saw it , the dark flush of another skin poking through her satin like body … it wasn’t Caroline it was someone else..

She froze a harrowing feeling consuming her . Her friend , her backbone and someone who was like a mother to her was dead and someone was inside her skin crushing her bones , stretching her ligaments . The smell that was what closed her in it was a mix of fragrant Ophelia and decaying organs . that wasn’t the reason she was stuck her only friend was decomposing in front of her skin strewn upon the body of her killer , the eyes staring back at her were hollow .

The person inside the skin suit seems to realise what was figured out inside the girls mind they stood the skin squelching then they pulled a weapon of death the same one that was used earlier to skin her.. to commit a act of unprovoked violence against the innocent.. the same one that was going to kill her now

She inhaled a sharp breath and thought , thought about her life her mum her dad what would they think would they car-

In one fell swoop Emma was lying on the ground, her breathing grew heavy as she started to cough up crimson liquid a sign of death . Her blood pooled up around her , the perpetrator walked away the same squelching sound echo across the house they closed the door leaving her to bleed

“I can’t ….. Caroline I can’t”the lights in her eyes ceased looking up for the last time .