Amityville 3-D by Gordon McGill

Author:Gordon McGill [McGill, Gordon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780708824719
Google: _SfXAAAACAAJ
Publisher: Futura
Published: 1984-02-14T11:00:00+00:00

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The ritual of dishwashing was performed in silence. Nancy scrubbed at plates long after it was necessary, her face tight with annoyance. Susan stood next to her, taking each plate, cup, saucer, drying it absent-mindedly, sniffing back tears, fighting to remain composed in the face of her mother's surprise attack. They had been silent for fully three minutes now. Someone would have to give in and Susan had vowed that she would not be the one.

'I'm trying not to be unreasonable, Susan.' Nancy had finally decided to break silence. It was half-way towards an apology and Susan gratefully jumped at the chance.

'Mother, it was no big deal. Lisa's been bugging me to see the house. She's a complete fanatic about it, so we went up there. It was broad daylight. There was no danger. Daddy knew nothing about it until he came home.'

'I'm sure,' said Nancy sarcastically.

'He didn't.'

'I don't care whether he did or not. That's not the point.'

Nancy stopped herself. It was silly attacking Susan. The attack was misplaced. The girl had done nothing wrong. It was her own irrationality that had caused the outburst.

'It's the place itself,' she said weakly, knowing that she was now on the defensive.

'You haven't even seen it,' said Susan, pouting.

'I don't have to see it. I know all about it. Who doesn't? The place is infamous. Only a man with your father's colossal ego would consider living in it. I don't want you going near it. Is that understood?'

They glared at one another in silence.

'Is that understood?' she repeated.

'Yes.' A reluctant hiss, a result of a lifetime of doing as she was told, even when she considered the order to be stupid. Susan was no rebel. She loved her parents and recognized their problems, realized that sometimes she was the cause or the target of their anger. Sometimes, though, she thought that she, Susan Baxter, was just too damned good to be true.

Her reluctant obedience softened Nancy. She reached out and hugged her daughter and, when they broke apart, both were in tears.

'I'm afraid, Susan,' she admitted. 'It's as simple as that.'

Susan nodded. She knew what Nancy meant. There was something scary about the house. If it weren't for her father, she wouldn't go within five miles of it.

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