"Mummy... someone stares at me at night when I sleep." Said Theodora.
Shocked at the words of her 5 year old, Mr and Mrs Dicson pursed their eating a while.
"He comes and stares at me at night when you turn off the light in my room" she continued innocently.
"Its nothing baby. Its probably your mind playing tricks on you." Said Mr Dicson.
"No! She dropped her cutleries... He speaks to me sometimes and..."
"Stop baby...its nothing but stress... You need to sleep that's all. After the day's hustles and bustles from school." Smiles Mrs Tonia as she tried to joke her daughter out of the thought.
Obviously no longer in the mood to eat, Theodora kept to herself. Until she was tucked into bed that night.
She knows what she sees every night.
They obviously didn't want to listen to her.
Her brother. In the other side of the room obviously knows not what happens when he sleeps.
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"Baby I'm kinda worried..." Said Tonia
"Do you think we should stay the whole week here?" She ask.
"Naaa... Its nothing. Been a while. You've left your comfort zone to this tropic area. Its Normal."
"No... There's this feeling I get like things aren't OK with the house."
"Uhmmm" it will pass...
"Now with what Dora said..."
Silence.
"Remember what they say about the people of the land being diabolical..."
"Oh forget such stories..." He said as he kissed her good night.
"Its hard to... Not with our kids here."
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That night, the rainfall was subtle, the calmness was unusual.
Then suddenly, the dog began to bark in an unusual wolf-like manner.
There were noises in the kitchen and the sitting room.
"Someone is running around our house"
"It could be a bugler"
"Shit! I'll get my gun."
Tiptoeing into the sitting room all seemed normal and calm until..
"Voom!" One of the windows opened by the force of the wind.
The electricity went out
Darkness filled the house.
The wind blew with alacrity
The trees outside whispered to it
Then suddenly there was calm.
Total calm...
Gun at attention in his hands aiming
Its double barrel capable of inflecting double wounds,
he turned gently and quietly
Power came back on!
And there she was standing. Knife in hand.
In fright he pulled the trigger but his safety was on.
"Jesus Christ! Theodora I would have killed you.!"
"I know. He said you'd try."
"Who?"
"He's behind you now."
"He turned swiftly in fear." No one.
"Don't worry... He is gone now."
Silence as he scaned the room again.
