Listen to Me Now: Supernatural Horror with Scary Ghosts & Haunted Houses by A.I. Nasser & Scare Street

Author:A.I. Nasser & Scare Street [Nasser, A.I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ScareStreet.com
Published: 2019-01-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

When John Krik walked into Hank’s shop, he was a different man.

For starters, Hank had no idea when John had last looked at himself in the mirror. The man’s hair was completely disheveled, a comb absolutely useless if used to tame the chaos. His eyes had dark patches below them, almost completely black, as if he had just been in a bar fight and had taken one too many beatings. There were scars on his right cheek, something that looked like a cat had tried to claw his eyes out, and the inflammation around the scratches looked horrible.

There was something else that worried Hank more, and he couldn’t put his finger on it until John was standing three feet away from him. That was when he realized the actual problem. John was staring at Hank with eyes that were utterly emotionless, like he was staring into space, looking right through Hank instead of at him. The look disturbed him, to the point where he wanted to turn away from those lifeless beads and busy himself with anything at all.

“Jesus, John, ya look like hell,” Hank said, his voice a whisper, still taken aback by the shell of a man who stood in front of him.

“I’m not sleeping very well,” John admitted.

Hank nodded and put away the small radio he had been working on. “Ya don’t say?”

“Karen and I have been having problems,” John stammered, “and that stench in the house isn’t helping.”

Hank nodded slowly, half listening to what John was saying. “Back, is it?”

“For a week now,” John replied, running a hand through the mess on top of his head as he scratched aimlessly at his scalp. “I wanted to see if you still had that contact of yours. The exterminator?”

“Sure, buddy,” Hank said turning around, keeping an eye on John as he rummaged through a few shelf drawers and pulled a card out. He set the exterminator’s business card on the counter, opting not to actually touch John, as if what he had was contagious.

“Ya sure you’re okay?” Hank asked, genuinely worried about the man. Over the past three weeks, he had really grown fond of the couple at the Dean house, and seeing John this way upset him.

John shrugged and nodded, apparently unsure how to answer that.

“How ‘bout we put off the exterminator a bit,” Hank suggested, “and get ourselves a coupla drinks at Denny’s?”

John scratched his head again and squinted. “I’m not sure, Hank. I don’t want to leave Karen alone right now. She’s in a really bad place.”

“The wife’ll be fine,” Hank said, grabbing his keys and crossing around the counter, gently nudging John along. “This’ll be good for ya.”

John didn’t argue and let Hank lead the way.

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