The house next door

Chapter 10

We stood there for a bit, then slowly walked it.

"Mom?" I called.

But my calls went to deaf ears.

The paranormal investigators both walked in after me, I could feel their body hovering over mine as we all stood there frozen.

"Who's that?" One of the guys asked.

"Mom?" I called out.

She was sitting there on the sofa, both hands on her lap as she stared directly towards the television that was turnt off.

"Mom?" I called out again, hoping for an answer this time.

She slowly turned her head in my direction,her eyes blood red, face wrinkled like an old tomato with scratches on her face.

My eyes open wide as I saw my mother's condition, guilty that I left her here all alone.

Before I could even say another word, mom was already on her feet chasing after all three of us.

I sprinted towards the bathroom with fear. As I entered the bathroom with both parapsychologist, I quickly locked the door behind us.

The scratching sound on the door, made tears trickled down my face, knowing is my mother on the other side.

I quickly wiped it away,so the guys won't notice.

"Aren't you two suppose to do something?" I asked.

"Well actually, we don't deal with situations like this directly." one said.

"Wha...what do you mean, what exactly do you do then?" I asked.

"We just record, take a few notes and convey it to our head parapsychologist", they said.

"So if you don't do anything, how did you know there was a little boy who died here?" I asked.

"I believe I have a gift, but that's it" he responded.
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After spending what felt like an hour in the bathroom, the scratching sound was over.

"I guess this is our chance" one of the guys said.

I slowly proceeded to open the door. As I stepped outside the bathroom door, I could feel the presence of someone standing exactly in front of me.

I froze, knowing who or what it could be.

"There's a man standing in front of you" I heard one of the guys said.

"What does he look like?" I asked.

Tall, old, slender... before he could even finish describe the man, I already knew of who he was describing.

"Yh, that's the man I keep seeing next door" I whispered to them.

"Gasp"

I quickly ran out the house leaving the guys and my mother in there. I stood outside struggling to catch my breath, my pours so high, I'm able to see it.

After a few seconds, I noticed both guys walking out the house.

"Did you guys see her?" I asked.

"Who?" They questioned.

"Mom!" I screamed at them both.

"Oh no"

Before I could even say another word, I noticed a shadow upstairs through the bedroom window. It was mom, who was just standing there staring directly at me.

As I turned my face for a brief second to show the guys, she had already left.

~~
As I made my way back home, I questioned both guys as to when they would be back and how can they help me.

They said that they couldn't do anything much.

"I don't understand" I said to them both.

Of the guys,whose name I believe is Josh, handed me a small piece of paper with a contact number on it.

Before I could asked anything, he said, "Call that number and she can give you all the help you need".

I stared at the paper for a while before making eye contact with them again.

I arrived home within 15 minutes, and Marcus and Jacob was in the living room playing a game.

I stared at them for a few seconds before Marcus noticed me and broke the silence.

Marcus: Hey, you're back, what went on?

Before I could respond, I burst into tears. I could feel his toned arms around me, comforting me.

We stayed so for a while, when I finally decided to let go.

"Sighh" mom isn't her self, something is definitely wrong with her and I don't know what to do" I said in a whispering voice, making sure Jacob isn't hearing me.

Before I could say another word, I noticed someone peeking into the kitchen.

"Jacob?" I called him out in a soft tone.

Marcus: He's in the living room playing a game. You ok?

"So who's that staring right at us?" I asked.

Marcus: Who?

Marcus, do you not see someone right there? I asked.

Emily, look there's no one here.
And with that he stepped exactly in front of the little boy's body making me lose sight of him.

Marcus: "hey, you're probably just tired ok, why don't you go lay down".

Yh, you probably right. I sauntered to his bedroom to lay down. As I
lay on the soft bed, I could feel the warmth of the pillow and sheet, and with that I drifted off to sleep.

~~
I was woken up to the sound of the shower. I groaned at the noise and nonchalantly came off the bed and headed to the direction of the noise.

As I entered the washroom, I came in sight with Marcus's naked body.

"Gasp" I quickly ran out the bathroom, and speculate on what I just saw.

His tone back, perfectly shaped butt and his long muscular arms, as he rested it on the bathroom wall, allowing the shower to hit him directly.

I thought about the sight, as I blushed.

Marcus: why are you blushing, I thought you was asleep?

I jumped as I heard his voice.

Uhhh...nothing. "I guess I slept enough" I said.

Marcus: you hungry?

"A little" I said.

Marcus: well there's pizza in the fridge, I'll heat it up for you when I finish changing.

And with that he dropped his towel, allowing me to see everything. "Gasp" I covered my eyes.

Marcus: what are you doing?

"You dropped your towel, what do you mean?

Marcus: Yh so, you're my girl right?

And after he said that, I moved my hands from my eyes allowing me to see everything. He was slowly making his way towards me, as we heard a knock on the door.

We both jumped at the sound of the loud knock on the door.

"We're coming" I answered.

As I opened the door, there was Jacob standing right in front of the door.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked.

"Mom's downstairs" he said.

I froze in disbelief, as to what I just heard. I slowly turnt towards Marcus who was also staring at me in
belief.
We both made our way downstairs and that's when we saw mom in the living room sitting with Jacob, looking normal as ever.

"Mom?" I called out.