Haunted House Tales by Riley Amitrani

Author:Riley Amitrani [Amitrani, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beyond Original LLC
Published: 2019-09-22T04:00:00+00:00

Hasta La Vista, Henry

Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom

March 19, 2013, 4:30 AM

“Not me, old man!” Rhiannon exclaimed as she leapt from her spot near the door, running to the window. “Not today, not on my watch…”

With that, she flung open the flimsy window frame and climbed with haste through the opening. In all the excitement, none of them had noticed that the rain had returned in full force again. There was, thankfully, no thunder of lightning, but the rain was coming in a steady and plentiful onslaught. Rhiannon worked her way along the narrow ledge that was just outside the open window and inched along trying to get to the corner of the mansion where a vertical downspout was attached to the wall. She slipped on the ledge once or twice, but finally made her way to the old metal pipe and grasped around its circumference to use it as a means to the ground below.

However, when she was only about a foot or two down from the upper level of the house, there was this sickening rending of metal and the old pipe gave way from its anchor to the house. With no time to think or worry, Rhiannon just reacted to the situation and fell backward, cartwheeling her arms in reaction to being suddenly airborne.

“Rhiannon!” Kristen screamed as she and Drew ran to the open window and watched her descent through the pelting shower.

For Rhiannon, fortunately, the second story was not very high and between that and her natural agility and some low scrub bushes that helped cushion some of her momentum, she fell awkwardly but was very much alive when she hit the ground. She lay still for a few seconds taking a quick inventory to make sure everything still worked. All her bones seemed intact as she felt the wave of adrenaline leave her system. She stood slowly and to her utter amazement found that all she seemed to have suffered in the ordeal was a twisted or maybe sprained ankle. She glanced back up at the horrified faces of Kristen and Drew and gave them a quick “thumbs up” to let them know she was OK.

Rhiannon then limped a few feet away from the house, her clothes now drenched in water as a distant rumble of thunder finally echoed across the sky. She looked up into the heavy downpour.

“Come on! Let’s get out of here!”

Both Kristen and Drew looked down at her and then at the rain spout hanging away from the corner of the house with expressions of uncertainty.

“It’s not that far, guys! And you can still probably use what is left of the drain pipe where it is still attached! I made it, you can, too! It’s either that or die in that mansion with Henry!”

That last bit was all that it took to convince Kristen. She flashed back to the poor broken form of Gladys and all that she and Drew had heard and seen already. She looked to Drew and though she

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