Prologue

15-years-old Brinley Gardner and her best friend, 16-years-old Jodie Mitchell were both giggling as Jodie stopped her car in front of Brinley's home. They had been talking about boys, as they often did. Not that Brinley had much experience yet, but she liked to listen to her "older and wiser" friend. She had always admired Jodie's outspokenness and determination, Brinley enjoyed spending time with her. They had gone to the movies and grabbed a bite after that. Everything was as it should be; Brinley was in a very good mood.

"Thanks for the ride," she said.

"No problem," Jodie replied. "I'll see you at school tomorrow."

"Yeah. Good night."

Brinley was smiling as she walked over to the front door and opened it.

"Mom, I'm home!" she announced.

There was no answer; her mother was probably taking a shower or something. Brinley's brothers were no doubt upstairs in their room, playing some game. She headed to the living room and noticed that the TV was on.

"Darren?" she called.

There was no one in the living room or in the kitchen. Maybe her stepfather wasn't at home yet. She stretched her arms and headed upstairs.

"Mom?" she called as she opened the door to her mother and Darren's bedroom. The lights were on, just like in every other room, but there was no one in the room or in the bathroom. Where was everyone?

"Mom? Cody? Preston?"

She opened the door to her brothers' room, but there was no one there. Something was wrong. She swallowed and tried her best to stay calm. Maybe this was just some kind of a prank. Maybe they were hiding and were planning to scare her. Her brothers could do something like that, but her mom… No, she was acting ridiculously, everything was fine. They had probably gone to a store or something. Suddenly she realized that she could just call them and ask where they were.

"Idiot…" she huffed at herself while picking up her phone.

She heard her mom's phone ringing somewhere in the house, apparently she had forgotten to take it with her. Oh well, Cody and Preston always had their phones with them. She called Cody and heard his phone ringing as well. What… She followed the sound and noticed that it was coming from her room.

Now she knew that something was wrong and her brains told her to get out of the house right now. Unfortunately her body refused to listen. Don't open that door, don't open that door, don't open that door… She did. What she saw was too horrible to comprehend. The bloody bodies of her mom, brothers and stepfather had been placed neatly on the floor. There were six words written on the wall. They were written with her family's blood.

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO