“What happened?” I grabbed Beth by the shoulders as she stood in the doorway.
She stared up at me with wide eyes. “It"s creepy d-down there,” she whispered.
“Is he still here?” I looked behind her and out into the darkened hallway, half expecting to see Cecil lurking in the dark.
She shook her head. “No, I don"t think so. But it really s-stinks, and there are these disgusting, black flying things everywhere.”
“Did you see anything else?”
Beth shook her head. “I was too busy finding the w-way up here to notice anything, p-plus the stink.” She waved a hand in front of her face.
I sniffed the air out in the hall and wrinkled my nose. There was a definite odour.
“So…you didn"t see Jasper?”
Beth shook her head. “The only thing I paid attention to was m-my rolling stomach and not…puking.
