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The Easter Murders

Teddy hid inside of the closet as the sounds of arguing erupted from the hallway outside as his Father, Daren and His mother Mary fought outside of the hallway closet where Teddy now hid inside. It was good Friday and Teddy was looking forward to Easter. That is until his dad found out that his Wife had been cheating on him with her coworker.

Teddy sat inside the closet in the fetal position. his hands over his ears as the argument outside escalated. then he heard a gun shot, Teddy let out a cry of fear. Then he heard another shot ring out and a second body hit the floor. He was too afraid to come out of the closet.

This happened back in 1998 in late May. Police came to the Smiths house after Teddy hadn't shown up to school for a the past 2 days. Neighbours had also become worried when they hadn't heard or seen the Smith family come out of their house since Friday night.

After repeated attempts by the police to contact the Smith Family, the police broke down their front door and were instantly hit by the smell of decaying bodies and dried blood. They said that they found the mother and father both shot in the head. With a gun in the husbands hand. They ruled the deaths a murder suicide.

Police could never find the body of Teddy. When they searched the closet across from the bodies, they found nothing other than a chocolate 1 foot tall Easter bunny.

Police issued an amber alert for Teddy. To this very day, they had never found Teddy.

January 21st 2018

Ricky ran into his new house. His parents following closely behind him, they had a few suitcases with them, but the moving truck wasn't due to arrive until tomorrow. The air felt thick inside of the house. The house had been sitting empty for the past 20 years.

Mike and Anne took a chance with the house. They knew why the house had been vacant for so long, but with the price they had paid for it. They took a chance. From the way Ricky ran around the house, they knew that he loved it.

the house needed a lot of work to be done, but over the next month, Mike and Anne had the house looking livable once again.

Ricky Was left to play off by himself for most of the time. He hadn't developed much friends at his new elementary school, but that all changed one day in February.

When I (Mike) was just finishing up cleaning up the dishes from our meal, Anne got a call from one of her clients and had to go into work to deal with it. So that just left my alone to take care of Ricky. I turned off the tap to the sink and heard Ricky's voice echoing from upstairs.

I turned my head towards the stairs and called out

Mike: Ricky, are you ok?

I waited for an answer, but didn't get a response back. I started to get nervous now. I could still hear my son talking. As I reached the bottom of the stairs I froze, my hand rested on the railing. when Mike stopped talking I could have sworn I heard another male voice talking back.

Mike: Ricky? who are you talking to?

Suddenly the other voice I had been hearing stopped. I grabbed the railing and ascended the steps and turned the corner. I stopped abruptly and almost fell over Ricky who was sitting on the floor of the hallway, staring at an open closet door. I turned around and looked inside the closet. It seemed to emanate a darkness. As I continued to peer into it, the darkness seemed to fade away, leaving only the interior of the closet.

I crouched down and looked Ricky in the eyes.

Mike: Who was that Ricky?

Ricky: Oh it's just my new friend... Teddy