There is no attic in the house. There is no attic in the house! How can a twenty-year-old skeleton appear in a new home's closet?
Dust swirled cobweb arms through the air, coating my face. I waved my arms in front of me. The air was so stale, I choked. The floorboards groaned and bounced as if made of rubber.
He told me he built this house just for us. A new start. A new life. Forget about the past.
Why, then, was I staring at his ex-wife's corpse, an engagement ring identical to mine dangling from her yellowed knuckle?
OK, time to hit the road. Right now, without stopping for anything else!! This is NOT a lasting relationship (unless she can't get away in time.)
ReplyDeleteNice and creepy!
This is a match made much lower than heaven. So he built a new house and put a 20 year old skeleton in the closet. Strange.
ReplyDeleteOk, feet don't fail me now! I hear the flies on the window growling "get out!" Well done.
ReplyDeleteCreepy - a modern version of Bluebeard, right? And the matching engagement rings make the story that much creepier! Run, do not walk, out the door; if he's between you and the door, go out the window! And don't look back. It'll slow you down.
ReplyDeleteI think you can tell that this one grabbed me - well told!
oh dear, run I say......
ReplyDeleteThat is not a good start to moving into a new house!!
ReplyDeleteLovely creepy story. Left me wanting to shout at her to get out of there.
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