Scary Stories

I Thought It Was Mom

When I was a child my family moved to a big to a big old two-floor house, with big empty rooms and creaking floor boards. Both my parents work so I often alone when I came home from school. One early evening when I came home, the house was still dark. I called out, "mom?!!!" and I heard her sing song voice says "yessss?" from upstairs. I called her again as I climbed the stairs to see which room she was in, and again got the same "yesssss?" reply. We were decorating at the time, and I didn't know my way around the maze of rooms but she was in one of the far ones, right down the hall. I felt uneasy,  but I figured that was only natural so I rushed forward to see mom, knowing that her presence will calm my fears,  as a mother's presence always does. Just as I reach for the handle of the door to let myself in, I heard the front door downstairs open and my mother call "sweetie,  are you home?" in a cheery voice. I jumped back, startled and ran downstairs to her, but as I glanced back from the top of the stairs, I saw something strange in there. And I don't know what is it, but it was staring at me.