Deadly Decision by Regina Smeltzer

Author:Regina Smeltzer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163728
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

19

The time had come to confront our fear of the attic. Although for each of us the nightmare was different, we equally dreaded the task that lay ahead of us.

Trina had asked Sandra to join us. To my surprise, she accepted. I’m not sure I would have wanted to go back to the place where someone I loved had been imprisoned.

As Sandra entered the kitchen and caught a glimpse of me standing by the coffee pot, her face crinkled into a smile. Three days without seeing her seemed like an eternity.

“Watch your step,” Ted said as he led the way up the attic stairs.

“At least it’s not so hot yet,” Trina stated. “Good idea to get this done early, Dad.”

Did demons sleep? I hoped so. He had to be in the attic; I’d searched the rest of the house to no avail. The coffee soured in my stomach as Ted led us up the attic steps. Sandra followed him, her laugh a little too shrill. I trudged up behind her with Trina pulling up the rear, a little too close.

As we gathered at the top of the steps, my tension increased. I had spent the night trying to decide on a plan of action should the demon appear, but dawn had come before I made a decision more detailed than shoving the girls down the stairs and leaping after them.

With Trina, Sandra, and Ted for company, and the sun forming horizontal pillars through the small dormer windows, the attic looked more like a second-hand furniture store than a haunted memory. Still, I perused the space, holding my breath. What if I was exposing Trina to evil? I regretted never having come to the attic to try to ‘feel’ for the demon. Truthfully, there was not enough courage in me to confront it alone. Now I would have to face whatever happened.

“I haven’t been up here in years,” Sandra said as her eyes roamed the room. I watched her carefully. Her face tightened and her steps were hesitant, revealing her tension in spite of her attempt at normalcy. She didn’t ask me to point out where I had seen Jimmy’s ghost, and I didn’t offer.

Crates and trunks lay scattered around the dusty floor. An assortment of dressers and chairs were layered with boxes. Half a dozen gray sheets—perhaps they had once been white—took the shape of whatever was hidden beneath them. Could the demon have physical form and have secreted his vile body beneath a dusty sheet?

“This is a hopeless mess,” I grumbled, tension filling my throat. Besides harboring a demon and nightmares, the place was a jumble of randomly placed junk. It would take hours, maybe days, to sort through all of it. The more time we spent in the attic, the greater the risk.

“Let’s explore!” Trina shouted gleefully, unaware of my rising fear. “Just think, we could find a long lost family treasure or something.”

Sandra forced a laugh. “‘Or something’ is more like it. There’s over a hundred years of excess belongings up here.

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