Hidden Secrets

 I always did feel as if someone was watching me, tracing my every move. For a while, I thought that maybe the old woman who lived next door was a stalker. I started feeling paranoid. At night, even with my heater on, temperatures would always drop and strange sounds could be heard. Sounds that resembled a woman's evil chuckle and the distant sound of a baby wailing. Being the curious person that i was, i knew something had taken place and i was determined to take a risk and find out what it was.

The couple that sold the house to me told me some very abnormal rules, such as ,never to bring any child into the house,unfortunately i had long forgotten that rule. I did wonder why they had said that but never found it necessary to ask why. My lovely niece , Sheera, was coming over to my house for a sleepover and even then, I did not remember what the couple had told me, neither did i remember the petrified expression on their faces as they hurriedly prepared to leave the house.

 I had just gotten off the call with my young niece when i heard a creaking sound. I knew all my doors by heart and was therefore astonished to hear that sound because none opened with noise. Slowly, i walked towards the area in which the sound was coming from. Having seen that absolutely no door was open, i turned around to go rest my head as i thought that i was now hallucinating. As i walked towards my room, i felt a presence right beside me accompanied by  a soft wind that blew into my ears seeming to carry some warning words with it. The hairs on the back of my neck rose along with my skin that started forming goosebumps.

Deep down, i knew that there was something fishy going on. My niece called again and as i put my phone down ,looking towards my glass door, i noticed a written message on it. Cold sweat ran down my forehead as i read the message which said," LAST WARNING!!". As soon as i read that, i felt a sharp pain on my lower abdomen which made it seem like i had been stabbed. I was surprised however, only to see blood but no evident cut anywhere. For the second time, i heard an evil chuckle.

I was over the moon when my niece arrived that evening as the strong sense of loneliness left me. As she entered my house, she promised to give me a special drawing the very next morning. We both slept peacefully that night. As i prepared breakfast the next morning, Sheera tugged my dress and handed me the drawing after i gave my attention to her. My stomach rumbled with fright as i noticed a drawing of Sheera and i in front of my house but right beside me was a dark figure which took the shape of a woman. With panic in my voice, i asked her what that figure was and her response made me feel powerless. Someone was watching me.

All of a sudden, my phone rang and in my state of confusion, i answered it. A hoarse voice spoke from the other end saying," I told you not to bring a child into that house, Now look what you've done". As i was about to ask the person what was going on, the call ended and as if on cue, a large book fell from only heaven knows where, revealing an old picture of a happy man, a beautiful baby and a very angry looking woman. As i lifted the book, thinking of how the woman resembled the figure that my niece drew, an ear-piercing scream came from the west of my house and only then did i start to see what was happening. There were huge secrets in this house and if i did not rush to get my niece, i was never going to see her again.