Photographs - The Girl In The White Dress

3 | Attic

Sofia heads up the stairs.
She is close to the attic.

Attic.

She is about to open the attic door......

"Don't worry ! It's fine, do it in the morning. It's a huge box and you must be tired." Said her dad

Everyone slept, Sofia's room was the only room upstairs just bellow the attic.

Later that night when everyone was sleeping, It was quiet.
Was.
The attic door which was closed, slightly opened. It made a creaky sound which woke Sofia up.
She could hear something in the attic. She ignored it at first but it grew louder

The attic door on the ceiling must have opened, she decided to close it.

She left her room and closed the door behind her. She got her ladder and slowly climbed up, she touched the door and chills ran down her back.
She slowly closed the door and that's when she felt a hand on her shoulder........."Be careful" it whispered into her ear.

Everything stopped for a few seconds, she slowly turned her head to see who it was...... a sudden relief as she sees Simone sleep walking and talking.

She sighed, Simone's eyes were closed but she managed to climb up the stairs. She closed the attic door, put the ladder back and took her to her room and put her on the bed.
She head upstairs.....
She felt those chills again as she passed the attic, she looked up, the door was slightly open.
She didn't bother this time and went to sleep.

The next morning, she didn't think much about the incident that happened last night.

She freshened up and decided to wear a red and white onesie that she bought yesterday. She brushed her hair and headed downstairs.

"Merry Christmas!!" Everybody said in unison in her living room, sitting in a circle in front of the Christmas tree... All wearing red sweaters.

"We all are waiting for you! let's open the presents Now!" Caty said

Carols were playing on the speaker.

The whole house seemed to light up.
It definitely felt like Christmas!

"You got me a bag!" Simone said to Sofia
"You got me a skateboard!" Said Caty to her parents.
Sofia got a red silk dress.

"You have to wear this for the Christmas party!" Mom said
Fia's dad made some brownies for all of us.

After some time, when we everyone was quiet and calm fia's mom told Sofia -

"Please get the things from the attic."

She nodded and went upstairs.
She hesitated but opened the attic door.

When she entered the attic it felt like the temperature dropped. It was warm in her living room and all of a sudden, it became cold.
As if all chaos and happiness in her living room just died when she entered the attic.
The attic was dusty and a lot of boxes full of CDs and DVDs were kept. The furniture was all covered with sheets.
There were some clothes and the box she was looking for. There was also a rocking chair, it had been lying there for who knows how much time. She removed the sheet on the rocking chair and sat on it.

She looked at the window in front of her and noticed the weather.

She got up and saw the box just in front of the full length standing mirror. She removed the sheet from it to see the mirror, that's when she saw the mirror was cracked. She put the sheet back on and looked at the big box in front of her.
She slowly dusted it off  and picked it up. That's when she saw a photo album, she found it weird that a photo album was in the attic.

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A/ N- sorry for the delay!

And most importantly, Sofia found the photoalbum....what do you think she sees?
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This chapter is dedicated to Ezycath. iris_luke
And Noe4Life_Fan.