The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

Chapter 22

Sunshine does eventually call the police and they look around the house. They report not finding anything and explain that it actually belongs to a family that lives back east. They have nothing to do with — they're not related to her parents or anything like that. It's weird.

Nothing can really be done unless she knows who the creepy dude was, or unless someone calls in a report of seeing the man. It kind of sucks, but — at least she's safe. The ghosts are nothing compared to the terror of being chased by that man.

Sunshine is fairly certain that's the guy that was stalking her, though. If so, that's probably why he followed her out to the house.

(Then again, she can't explain the picture in the basement.)

She also noted that, looking back on the footage, the creepy dude looked like he had some kind of weird infection or disease on his face.

She's not sure. She just wants to forget about all of this and move on.

Except, of course, her mother finds out.

Since Sunshine wasn't able to retrieve the locket, she can't really hide the fact that she took it with her to the terrifying house. She really, really did try not to tell her mother. But she just — she didn't want to go back to the house alone and Sunshine may or may not have confessed to going and now her mother is flipping out and —

Everything is just great.

Maybe it's for the better, though.

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"Okay, so we've been waiting for a really long time, how long?"

Sunshine is in the passenger seat of the car and looks toward her mother. Kat looks over, clearly annoyed. "What are you doing?"

She stares at her mother then waves her hand toward the camera, sighing. "We've been waiting for probably over an hour."

"For a flake."

"For mom's friend who used to be a cop."

"Who now is a flake apparently." Kat tilts her head upward and draws out her lip. "You suck!"

"Um, so." She grunts. "I'm getting bored."

Her mother scoffs. "That's the concern, that you're bored, princess?"

"Well.." Sunshine drops her hands and shakes her head.

"Do you want to go by yourself?"

"Nooo, I didn't like it the first time, clearly!"

"Yeah," Kat mocks, "how'd that work out for you?"

"Hhhhheh." She sticks her tongue out and rolls her eyes.

Kat leans her head on the palm of her hand, brushing her fingers through her auburn hair. "I don't —" She grits her teeth. "Why did you go, why didn't you tell me?"

Sunshine looks away and all emotion drops from her face. "Because you wouldn't have let me go."

Her mother grunts. "Damn straight."

She rolls her eyes at the camera.

After another moment of silence Kat lifts herself up, sighing. "Let's just go. Roll the camera in case anything happens, how about that."

"Okay."
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"Okay, this is it, that's it, right there."

They've been driving for about a half hour when they reach the gravel road, familiar enough to Sunshine that she knows where they are. Kat ducks her head and looks around, squinting. She can see the familiar wooden panels of the house expertly hidden behind the foliage and tries to point it out to her mother.