Spectral Beauty {Insidious/Specs}

four

Renai's last straw with the house is when she saw someone walking outside the bedroom window, and then the same person appeared in the bedroom with her. By the next day, the family was out of the house and moved into a suburban home. Josh and Jessie's mother Lorraine stopped by to help them unpack.

"Mom, you don't need to do any of this" Jessie said

"Nonsense. I'm perfectly capable of putting a few things away. I did it for your brother his whole life. Renai is the one who should be sitting down" Lorraine said. She picked up a picture in it's frame and looked at it. She seemed surprised by it.

"What is it mom?" 

"I can't believe you and Josh actually sat still for a photo" 

"I can't believe we're doing all this again. It's ridiculous. Lorraine, you must think I'm crazy" Renai said

"Nobody, not me, not anybody knows what you're going through right now. Whatever you have to do to get through it, do it. And you don't have to apologize for anything" Lorraine said.

"Mom's right Renai" Jessie assured.

"Thanks, both of you" Renai said. Lorraine left the kitchen and Jessie followed her out. She grabbed her by the hand, and pulled Lorraine into her bedroom.

"Is everything okay?" Lorraine asked

"Mom, I'm seeing him again" Jessie said. Lorraine always believed Jessie about Benny, and she wasn't going to stop now. "I haven't seen him in fourteen years and he shows up now"

"Do your brother and Renai know about Benny?"

"No, but Benny knows about Dalton and he knows someone who can help him"

~

Jessie had numerous errands that she had to do. She felt bad about leaving Renai alone. Jessie came home around the same time as Josh did. Jessie had a numerous amount of grocery bags in her hands.

"Do you need any help?" Josh asked

"No, I've got them" Jessie said. When they got inside the house, Renai was sitting on the couch talking to a priest.

"This is the first line of a joke, right? Guy comes home to find his wife home with a priest" Josh said.

"I'm just gonna take these into the kitchen" Jessie said, referring to the groceries. She walked past Lorraine as she set some tea down on the dining room table.

~

Lorraine, Jessie, Josh and Lorraine sat down at the table. 

"This thing that was in the other house. It followed us here. I saw something today. I thought it was a little boy. I followed it into Dalton's room. It wasn't a child, it was something else" Renai explained.

"So what? You just brought a priest in to get rid of it?" Josh said. 

"I didn't know what else to do Josh"

"Come on Renai. When's the last time you went to church?" 

"Josh, when you're scared and desperate like Renai is, you'd do anything to get rid of whatever is scaring you" Jessie defended. She crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair. "I believe her. Why can't you?"

"What's happening to Renai is real. I've seen it for myself. I came here today because last night I had a dream about this place. I was in this house but it was late at night. I was afraid. I went into your bedroom. You were both asleep. I knew that I was asleep in the dream but I could feel that someone was awake in the house. I went into Dalton's room. There was something in there with him. It was standing in the corner. I asked it who it was. It said it was a visitor. I said what do you want. It said Dalton. I can still hear that voice" Lorraine said. She looked at Josh, screamed and jumped out of her seat when she was a red and black face behind him. Jessie got up and hugged Lorraine.

"Mom, what was it?" Jessie asked. There was a loud noise coming from Dalton's room so the four of them went to go see what it was. Josh tried opening the door but he couldn't. Once he did finally open it, Dalton's room looked destroyed while he was on the floor. Josh and Renai kneeled beside Dalton. Jessie touched Lorraine's shoulder.

"Mom, it's time" Jessie said.

"We know someone who can help. If you're willing to ask" Lorraine said.