CHAPTER 1

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When I was 8, my family moved into an old Colonial that was built in 2001. My father still lives there. Until I was 17, every night before I feel asleep, I would feel pressure next to me as if someone sat down on the bed next to me. This would always be accompanied with a feeling of spine tingling wind. Although I knew this probably didn't happen to everyone, I didn't think about it much.

Until I got a dog. He was a present for my twelfth birthday. Each night, he would lay out on the bed near my feet. And each night, he would bolt from a dead sleep and glare at something in the doorway before running out. A few moments later, the pressure would return.

Again, while this was a weird thing that happened, I didn't really question it. Maybe the dog was just neurotic. I didn't talk about this nightly occurrence to anyone. However, I did refer this presence to what you have heard as "Charlotte." I don't know why.

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