The next morning Alyssa wakes up hearing hammering noises. She looks outside and sees Doug hitting the bell.
"MOM, DAD! LOOK!" Jim runs outside and chases Doug back to his house. An hour later Alyssa went back to bed but Betty and Jim stayed up having coffee.
"I wounded if the story Doug told Alyssa was true, I mean he seems to really hate that bell. Almost like it brings back bad memory's." Betty wonders.
"Well I am going to look for a job in town today I can go asking around seeing if anyone knows anything." Betty nods.
That day Jim went around asking people if they know anything. All he got was 'he is crazy' and 'don't go near him.' That didn't help. Jim went back home with no luck on finding a new job and no information on Doug.
When Doug entered his home he glanced at Betty and shook his head. Betty toke a big sigh.
"Okay girls what do you want to do today? We could... go to the park, I hear there is a big park just up the road." Betty said, wanting to get the girls minds off things.
"Mom i'm 15." Kamri said acting older then her age.
"Yeah mom i'm 6 not 2." Alyssa says. "I think i'm just going to go outside." Alyssa says.
"Okay, be careful though." Alyssa keeps walking. Alyssa looks at the bell, it has chop marks in it from Doug hitting it. Alyssa sat in her normal spot, she can't seem to get her eyes off the forest the one Doug had in his story. Alyssa stood up and walked forward toward the forest. She looks back and sees Doug looking out the window. She keeps walking, now running, faster, faster, gone. Alyssa disappeared into the woods.
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The Dinner Bell
Mystery / ThrillerA new family moves in. When they realize they have a bell on their property they decide to use it for a dinner bell. Their neighbor Doug Freaks out when he hears that bell for the first time in 10 years! When the new family realizes Doug has some s...
