Isobel Bird - Circle of Three 09 by Through the Veil

Author:Through the Veil
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

“You’re the girl who lived in this house?”

Annie nodded. Grayson Dunning was standing in the doorway of the living room, bags loaded with groceries still in his arms. He hadn’t even had a chance to set them down before Becka told him what had happened to Annie.

“I’ve always wondered what you were like,” Mr. Dunning said. “I asked the neighbors, but they wouldn’t tell me much. Nobody really wants to talk about the fire.”

Neither do I, Annie thought. But she was going to have to tell Mr. Dunning something to explain the way she had behaved earlier. She was wishing now that she had just run out. But Becka had persuaded her to stay. All Annie had told her was that she’d heard voices and that she thought they belonged to her parents. She hadn’t told her that she thought her parents were angry at her, or why.

Mr. Dunning put the groceries on the floor and came into the living room. Despite being tired and frightened, Annie couldn’t help but look at him. He was, after all, one of her favorite writers. She’d never thought she might be sitting in his living room one day—and especially not that his living room would be her old living room.

Grayson Dunning was younger than she’d expected him to be. She figured he was probably the same age as her Aunt Sarah. His black hair was cut short, and his face was handsome in a way that made Annie feel as if she could trust him. As he came and sat down across from her, she found herself wondering where Becka’s mother was. Mr. Dunning wasn’t wearing a wedding band, and Becka had never mentioned her mom. Were Becka’s parents divorced? Annie wondered. Was Becka’s mother dead?

“Excuse me for asking these questions,” Mr. Dunning said. “It’s just that I’ve wondered for so long about what happened here. Finding you sitting in my living room is sort of like something out of one of my books.” He laughed, and the sound made Annie’s fears abate a little bit. “But I should ask you how you’re doing first, right?”

Annie smiled at his earnestness. “I’m okay,” she said, although she was still rattled by having heard the voices.

“These voices,” Mr. Dunning said. “Becka said you’ve heard them before.”

“Yes,” said Annie. She sighed. “I think it’s my mother and father.” She knew what Mr. Dunning wanted to ask her, and she spared him having to do it. “They’re the ones who died in the fire here.”

He nodded his head. “I’m sorry to hear that,” he said. “I knew it was a young couple who had owned the place, and that they had a daughter, but nobody would tell me much more than that. The realtor said that there were rumors that the place was haunted. The kids on the block were terrified to come near here, and I figured people were just spooked by that.”

Annie wondered why people had said that the house was haunted. Had they

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