99 Souls by Gabriel Burns

Author:Gabriel Burns [Burns, Gabriel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TouchPoint Press
Published: 2021-06-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

BRANDON WAS UNABLE TO FORM AN escape plan. The ghosts of ghosts were no help, either. But to be fair, he hadn’t asked them for any. They weren’t living people, after all. They weren’t even souls. They were more meaningful than holograms because they were stains on the fabric of life, itself, yet they were no more capable of original thought or action than any other stain was.

His mom would find him, he told himself. She was out there looking, because she was a good mom, and she would find him. She would. If she has enough time...

As he sat cross-legged on the floor, watching the doorknob, waiting for it to turn and for the bad man to come in, a shiver ran through his body.

As if on cue, a key turned in the skeleton lock.

Suddenly, he had an idea. He ran over to the wall beside the door and pushed himself flat against it. Head to the side, holding his breath, he waited.

The door swung open. The bad man stepped inside. Brandon watched him through the crack between the open door and the wall. Again dressed in a suit, he was carrying a glass of milk and a sandwich, presumably to offer him a second meal.

“My child?” said the bad man as he stepped deeper into the room. “I know you’re in here. There’s no need to be afraid.” He placed the sandwich and glass of milk on the nightstand beside the dirty dishes, then kneeled to look underneath the bed.

Almost scared enough to wet himself, Brandon slipped quietly from behind the door. He wanted to cry and vomit and pass out now that he was fully exposed. Instead, he ran.

With no attempt to quiet his footfalls, he scrambled down the stairs, through the foyer. The bad man called his name. Grabbing the crystal doorknob that was almost eye-level, Brandon wrenched open the door. The bad man was back there somewhere. Too close. He didn’t dare look. He had to keep moving, out the door, into the sunlight...

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