Haunted (4 page)

There were numerous little things that happened in that house.
 
Disembodied whispers, the sound of a child’s laughter and scampering feet, the heavier footsteps on the stairs, and doors that opened and closed of their own accord.
 
Now that my children are grown, they still think of that house as home.
 
And even though they were afraid of it when they were small, all of them would jump at the chance to move back there.

Ten years have passed since we moved to Arkansas.
 
To this day I have no idea what happened to my beloved picture of my sad little adopted ghost.
 
Somehow it never made here with the rest of our stuff.
 
I smile a bit when I think about it.
 
Maybe the movers lost it, or maybe she just wanted to stay there.
 
Someday I hope to live in that house again.
 
And hopefully, stuck behind some old boxes, or hidden in one of the closets, I’ll find the Blue Girl again.
 
With a little luck, she’ll find me too.

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The Dark Gifts: Birthright

The Dark Gifts: Inheritance

Oceans of Red volume one

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