It's Carl

Its a freezing cold evening about 6:30 and im bundled up in the warmest blankets I have. As I'm reading mom tells me she's going out for the night. "Okay bye I love you" I said and she says the same

Its been an hour since she left. I have been reading a mystery/horror book. So I decide to have a quick break from my book and eat some dinner she had already prepared. I go upstairs with my hot bowl of soup. I get upstairs and turn the tv on. There was a strange scream from my neighbors house. I turn the volume down very low and hide under my sheets.

I heard our front door open so I tried to think the best and hope it was just my mom. I knew it wasn't though. Next, I hear someone slowly creaking up the stairs and then it stops. After what feels like forever I take my shivering body out of the warm covers. I feel that I need to sneeze. I sneeze when im really scared. Eleven sneezes later, I hear a whisper from the closet bless you...
I'd recognize that voice from anyw