Coronation Street: An Open Grave

The boogeyman under the bed

The platts needed a holiday away, after the buisness with Callum. They needed to get there mind off of everything that had happened. Max and Lily totally oblivious to there parents secret. A trip to Barbados seemed like the perfect chance to get away, a chance to visit Becky but even with Becky and her fella buzzing about, David couldn't help but be worried at the thought of his mum back home. Sarah wasn't the problem anymore. Infact, she seemed like she had forgotten everything even though she was carrying Callums baby.

Gail was the problem at the minute, still pestering them about underfloor heating in her bedroom where a corpse was rotting away. He couldn't help but be on edge as Gail could be sneeky. The minute his back was turned, she could be digging up the floor as we speak.

Needless to say David was glad to be going home when the week was up as was Kylie who was having her own worrys about Gail. The plane ride back was a nightmare with the two parents on edge, Lily screaming as her ears popped and Max unable to stay style.

Kylie was glad once the plane landed and they all got there suitcases from the convair belt. Phoning up a taxi, they were soon on there way back to the street.

"I don't know about you but im glad to be going home" David said as Kylie smiled softly at him. Taking a hold of his hand as Max pulled faces at Lily.

The minute the taxi turned into the street was when it all turned sinister. The window was down and there was a strong stench of something rotting.

David wrinkled his nose as he looked out the window. He suddenly noticed something that made him want to go back, back to Barbados. Some of Gails furniture was parked outside, next to Jasons van.

In a panic, David slapped kylies arm and just like that, Kylie felt her whole world come crashing down.

A strong stench wafted through the Platt household as Jason was finished digging up the concrete in Gails annex. It would of been so simple if she had let sleeping dogs lie but as she felt a damp patch come through the carpet everytime she moved her bed to hoover underneath, it was obvious something needed to be done.

Jason was adamant it had something to do with the man hole and Gail couldn't have a damp patch in her room, under her bed. No it would need to be fixed.

So there they were, Gail resting a cup of tea down beside him as she wrinkled her nose at the smell. Having just came from opening the windows in the kitchen to let the stink out.

"Whens Kylie and David due back" asked Jason as he went to lift the steal lid off the hole.

"Soon i should imagine. I'm sure Max will have loads of stories to tell me about Becky and her hubby" Gail said with a small smile as Jason pulled the steal lid off the hole and a stronger scent wafted up there noses.

"I think i have found the reason for the damp patch" Jason said as Gail came a bit closer to investigate. She found herself stairing at one of Maxs sheets. A pirate sheet. "How did that get there"

"It looks like somethings wrapped in it. Help me lift it out" Jason said and just like that Gail came forward both struggiling to lift the sheet out of the hole.

Outside David dived out of the taxi but Kylie sat rigid. Afraid of what she might walk into.

"We're home now mum, come on" said Max tugging on Kylies arm. Kylie held Lily tightly as David went to run into the house. Only to be met with a blood curdling scream.

Kylie clentched her eyes shut. No, no she kept repeating over and over again in her head. Max began to laugh thinking Gail had saw another spider.

"Get back in the taxi Max" David said quickly taking control as the taxi man looked confused. "Why"

"Just do it!" He snapped and Max quickly dived back into the taxi fallowed by David. Kylie had silent tears rolling down her face as she gripped onto Lily.

"Where to now?"

"I don't know, anywhere, anywhere but here" David said as he grabbed Kylies hand protectively.

The Taxi reversed and began to drive away from the house of horrors. David turned around to stare out the back window just in time to see Jason running out of the house and spilling his stomach on the side of the road.

"Maybe Gail saw another spider"Kylie suggested her voice soft as she tried not to cry in front of the kids. She turned her head slowly to look at David who slowly shook his head before beinging her hand up to his lips, kissing her fist softly as the taxi drove far away from the street.

"Jason" Sarah frowned walking up the street as Jason stumbled. The look of fear indented in his features. "Is everything alright"

"A-a body" Jason stuttered and Sarah went ghostly white as she finally noticed Jasons van and some of her mums furniture. She gasped slowly walking away, she needed to be anywhere but there. Running down the street in her heels, looking through her bag for her phone at the same time.

Jason didn't want to go back in that house but Gail was still in there, being sick in the kitchen sink.

Slowly making his way back into number 8, he spotted Gail in a heap on the floor. She was shaking. She had been sleeping ontop of bones this entire time. It was just then that Jason put two and two together.

The skeleton was still wearing a leather jacket, black t-shirt and black jeans. All oversized to fit a skeleton and really dusty. "Callum"

"What?" Gail was currently in tears as Jason stepped into the kitchen, glancing towards the door for Gails Annex. "We havn't seen Callun in months and there has to be a reason David and Kylie didn't want you to get underfloor heating"

Gail let out a gasp, her tears sliding off the edge of her nose. "No, no. There not capable of murder"

"Once upon a time, i would of said the same thing" Jason agreed before shaking his head as the thought of the rotting corpse in that room made his stomach churn once more. Spilling up his stomach into the sink.

Gail slowly got to her feet. Her legs shaking as she did so, slowly picking up the phone, Jason turned away from the sink to look at her. "Are you calling the police?"

Gail shook her head, her face ghastly white. "David"

"David" Sarah said taking a deep breath as she spoke to her brother on the phone. "Where are you? Are you still on the plane?" Sarah paused as she walked up the stairs to her flat. "What do you mean your at a hotel?" Sarah took a deep breatg. "They've found Callum" Sarah whispered in fear as she fumbled around for her keys in her bag.

Gail slowly put the phone down, glancing at Jason. "Its engaged"

"You have to phone the police and an undertaker"

"I can't, if they did do it then it would be like handing them over to the police"

"Gail the house stinks. Do what you want but you need that body removed now" Jason said as he felt a pang of guilt for David and Kylie. He hated Callum to and wanted him dead, so if David and Kylie did do it, he completely understood.

Gail hesitated but after a few moments, she slowly picked up the phone.

Forget every horror you have ever watched as Gail Rodwell was currently living it with a real life boogeyman under her bed.