автор: Ghoul

I woke up that morning with a weird feeling – the feeling that that day will be strange.
I was a rational person and I have never believed in superstitions but I had nightmares ever since I moved to that house. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not an old haunted house. It’s actually quite the opposite – the house is enormous, situated near the beach – in two words that was the house of my dreams. I was so happy I got that promotion and bought that place. I thought its past won’t affect me but I was quite wrong. I couldn’t sleep ever since I heard the story about its previous owners – one drowned in the sea, one smashed by a car the same day and the last one – found choked in his own bed on the next morning. I had to admit – it was pretty creepy. As I was thinking that morning about all those weird circumstances…again, I realized I was late for work. “So what”, I thought. “I already got the promotion – I don’t have to push myself so hard now”. So I went to the kitchen to have a snack. I found some serial on the table and went to eat on the terrace. The view was splendid – as usual – the blue sea, the yellow sand all around it…Oh, how I loved that view! Suddenly that strange feeling came after me again. “Damn it!”, I thought angrily. And then I realized two things at the same time – that wasn’t the same feeling from earlier today, this time it was fear, and that the dark shadow in the water wasn’t a trick of light but a body! I let out a horrified scream as I ran out of in the house with the cell phone in my hand. I dialed 911 and went through the front door. I slowly approached the cold water and glanced at it shivering. I saw the shadow again. Cold chill ran down my back…And I heard some voice next to my ear said “Hello? Anybody there?” I turned harshly, expecting to see a walking corpse or something but there was no one around. I let out a relaxed utter as I realized that was just the phone I was still holding next to my ear. I completely forgot that I had called the police. That reminded me for the body in the water so I turned to check if it was human. To my surprise there was nothing in the water! Absolutely nothing! So I muttered to the phone “Sorry… my mistake”, and looked at the water again. “Just some seaweed I guess… How can I be so stupid! I must be getting paranoid”. I decided it was better for me to get to work faster before something like that happens again. So I got into my car and drove to the office – there were no road accidents, thank God. I spent the rest of the day normally – sitting on my desk the whole day, bored to death. Well, maybe I shouldn’t have been thinking about death right then… Anyhow, the clock finally showed six o’clock so I stood up, said “Goodbye” to my boss and wet out. I walked to the car and got on. Then I took off straight home. I was dreaming for a hot relaxing bath. And right in the middle of the way there it was – that stupid feeling I was so afraid of. God, how I hated it! “Oh, great! What’s gonna happen now? It’s like I really need more trouble”, I yelled out in a range. One moment of anger and initiation – that’s all my damned luck needed. I heard the crash, I saw the body bumping into the front glass, I heard my own voice screaming out terrified. I stopped the car immediately and jumped off. That’s all I needed – a murder! I was shivering all over. I looked around madly and I saw…Nothing?! There was absolutely no one on the road – no human, no corpse. “I can’t be imagining dead people twice a day! That’s just impossible! What’s happening to me?” Question, questions and more questions. But who has the answers? Definitely not me. I got in the car with a loud groan and took of. “Home…I wanna go home” That was all could think about. At last, after 15 minutes, I got home. I felt so relieved as I stepped through the front door. I quickly changed clothes and went to bed. I was despaired for quietness and relaxation. I closed my eyes and I felt how all my worries disappeared. I fell asleep so fast that I even couldn’t set my alarm clock. Now I know there was no need to do that. I guess you wonder what happened when I woke up. When I opened my eyes I saw it – hell looks exactly like you have imagined it. Too bad it was full so I came back. And here I am, little girl, by your bed. Too bad your parents moved to my hose. They should’ve listened to the warnings. I won’t leave the house, sweety, it’s mine. You should’ve left when you had the chance. None of you will leave my haunted house now. Sleep tight, little girl, you are next.