The Cats that Walked the Haunted Beach by Karen Anne Golden

Author:Karen Anne Golden [Golden, Karen Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781723365263
Published: 2018-11-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Late Friday Night

The Witching Hour

Katherine and Colleen relaxed on their Adirondack chairs and sipped their wine. They made light conversation, and were getting ready to call it a night, when Scout and Abra trotted in. Their tails were twice the normal size. The cats screeched in a shrill, high-pitched tone, “Mir-waugh . . . waugh . . . waugh!” They arched their backs and began their death dance, swaying back and forth, hopping up and down in front of the screened porch that overlooked the lake.

Katherine lunged out of her chair. “What’s wrong?”

The Siamese stopped and stood tall, their ears swiveled in the direction of the beach.

Katherine and Colleen heard the pounding of someone running in front of the cabin. “Come back. Come back to me,” a woman’s voice screamed.

Scout cried a long, menacing growl.

Colleen launched out of her chair. “That wasn’t a spirit.”

Katherine picked up Abra and held her close. Talking in a soft voice, she said to the cat, “Everything is okay. I’m going to take you to the bedroom,” then to Colleen, “Can you get Scout?”

Colleen said, “Sure.” She walked over to pick up Scout, but the Siamese was frantically pawing at the torn screen.

Scout had been working on making the opening bigger since Katherine and Colleen arrived at the cabin. Finally, she succeeded. She disappeared through the opening and jumped down to the sandy yard.

Colleen panicked, “Katz, Scout got out.”

Katherine didn’t hear Colleen. She put Abra in the bedroom and shut the door. Abra howled on the other side like she was being murdered.

Colleen ran down the hall. “Didn’t you hear me? Scout got out.”

“Again?” Katherine asked incredulously. She yanked Scout’s leash off the kitchen counter and hurried to the back door. “She probably ran back down to the beach.”

“I’m coming, too.”

“Grab a flashlight.”

Colleen found the light on a hook by the door and jogged after Katherine. They took the path that ran in front of the cabins. The full moon cast an eerie shadow on the path. Twenty feet away, Scout sat on her haunches, staring at them.

“I see her,” Katherine said. “Scout, wait for us.”

Scout turned her head, then dashed to the front of Cabin Six. She stopped momentarily to see if the humans were following, then rounded the corner.

“Scout, stop!” Katherine commanded, to no avail.

Katherine and Colleen sprinted, but the loose sand prevented them from building up speed.

Scout peered around the corner of the cabin. “Waugh,” she cried urgently, which sounded like hurry up.

Katherine said, catching her breath, “She wants us to follow her.”

“You think?” Colleen said, trying to make light of the situation.

When Katherine caught up with Scout, the Siamese was very agitated. Katherine tried to snap the clasp of the leash on Scout’s collar, but the cat darted away.

“Come back here,” Katherine pleaded.

Scout ran and stopped in front of Cabin Six’s side door, which was standing wide-open. She swiveled her ears forward then backward, in an inquisitive motion.

“Do not go in there,” Katherine warned.

Scout rushed in and disappeared in the darkness.

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