Owen would be lying to himself if he didn’t admit he felt something, someone watching him. He could feel the presence. Energy. Something was there. Owen wasn’t a superstitious person. He didn’t believe in the afterlife, demons, or angels, or ghosts. It was perhaps naive to believe that the sciences had already explained most phenomenons.
And here he was being proved wrong in his beliefs.
Having essentially an encounter with a presence he could really no longer ignore.
But then it passed away. He felt suddenly alone in the kitchen. Owen gazed around him in the half dark wondering if he was losing his damn mind. It was probably the alcohol, the rumors, a frightened southern girl all getting to his head. But wait - was that the - stairs he heard? Owen’s ears strained in the silence of the house to place the location of creaking wood. While one part of him seemed to know it was something mounting the stairs, the other part of his brain explained the sound by noting that the entire house creeked and made noises when the wind blew and as it settled.
The house was made of wood. It swelled in the heat and receded in the cool. Clearly it would be making noises all the time.
He tarried in the kitchen downing another glass of water before he mounted the creaky stairs. What he found in the bedroom could not be explained by creaking wood or scared southern girls getting to his head.
His bed was torn apart. Oddly enough, Owen was more offended than anything. He hated making the bed. Hated the stupid struggle of stretching the bottom sheet to fit the mattress. Hated when it popped off a corner and made him feel stupid.
“Worst turn down service, ever.” He complained sarcastically before flipping on the overhead and lamp light. Owen flooded the room in light because whatever lurked in the shadows of the house was beginning to scare him a little. He gathered up the comforter and laid on the bare mattress and covered himself up to his chin.
Though the entire room was lit, he closed his eyes and intended fully - stubbornly - to fall asleep that way. He wasn’t about to be chased off by some ghost. While he tried to fall asleep he planned an exorcism...or banishment...or whatever one did to be rid ghosts.
This was his house now.
And here he was being proved wrong in his beliefs.
Having essentially an encounter with a presence he could really no longer ignore.
But then it passed away. He felt suddenly alone in the kitchen. Owen gazed around him in the half dark wondering if he was losing his damn mind. It was probably the alcohol, the rumors, a frightened southern girl all getting to his head. But wait - was that the - stairs he heard? Owen’s ears strained in the silence of the house to place the location of creaking wood. While one part of him seemed to know it was something mounting the stairs, the other part of his brain explained the sound by noting that the entire house creeked and made noises when the wind blew and as it settled.
The house was made of wood. It swelled in the heat and receded in the cool. Clearly it would be making noises all the time.
He tarried in the kitchen downing another glass of water before he mounted the creaky stairs. What he found in the bedroom could not be explained by creaking wood or scared southern girls getting to his head.
His bed was torn apart. Oddly enough, Owen was more offended than anything. He hated making the bed. Hated the stupid struggle of stretching the bottom sheet to fit the mattress. Hated when it popped off a corner and made him feel stupid.
“Worst turn down service, ever.” He complained sarcastically before flipping on the overhead and lamp light. Owen flooded the room in light because whatever lurked in the shadows of the house was beginning to scare him a little. He gathered up the comforter and laid on the bare mattress and covered himself up to his chin.
Though the entire room was lit, he closed his eyes and intended fully - stubbornly - to fall asleep that way. He wasn’t about to be chased off by some ghost. While he tried to fall asleep he planned an exorcism...or banishment...or whatever one did to be rid ghosts.
This was his house now.
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