Eleven Years All to the Wrong Man novel Chapter 179

"Holy crap! Sis, how'd you know?!"

Eric looked so thrilled he nearly jumped. He clapped his sister on the shoulder, grinning like he'd just won the lottery.

"Let me tell you, sis! Just a couple of days ago, when Mom was cleaning my room, she found a whole nest of newborn mice behind the closet! You have no idea how many there were. We didn't see the mother mouse, but I bet she was huge…"

Eric gestured wildly as he spoke, getting more and more excited, completely oblivious to his sister's increasingly pale face beside him.

Goosebumps erupted all over Emma's skin. She stood frozen to the spot, instantly abandoning the idea of changing the sheets and sleeping in this room.

"A nest of mice," "a huge mother mouse"—good lord, those words together nearly made her break down.

Compared to the thought of big, beady-eyed, black mice, sharing a bed with Evan suddenly seemed like nothing. It wasn't like they hadn't slept in the same bed before, so—

"Never mind. You just stay in your room. I'm leaving."

Emma's heart sank as she turned to go.

Eric, still standing in his room, called after her enthusiastically, "Sis, you're not staying? I thought you wanted to be alone? It's okay, I can suck it up and stay with Evan for a few nights. I don't mind…"

"Forget it, Eric. I'm going back to my room. Don't worry about it."

Emma couldn't stand to be in that room for another second. She was terrified that if she stayed any longer, a mouse would scurry across her feet.

*Aaaahhhh!*

The very image made her skin crawl, and she wanted to jump out of it. Ignoring Eric's persistent invitations, Emma practically ran back to her room and slammed the door shut.

After taking off her jacket and getting back into bed, she felt even colder than before from all the running around.

*Sigh.* If she'd known it would turn out like this, she never would have gotten out of bed.

Emma clutched the blanket tightly, staring up at the white ceiling in despair. Just then—

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