The Haunting of Gillespie House (16 page)

The keys lay scattered on the ground where I’d left them beside the jar and the knife. The door was open a little, its wallpaper edges jagged from where I’d cut it, exposing a sliver of the nightmare-black inside. The house was quiet, but I thought I could hear my father’s faint snores from down the hallway.

I kept my eyes fixed on the doorway. It was almost possible to believe I’d fallen asleep on the floor and dreamed up the hellish tunnel with the slowly lowering ceiling and the decades-old forgotten children… but then, as I watched, unable to look away, the door closed slowly and carefully, until a faint click told me it was locked… and I heard him leave.

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THE END

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