The Stranger in Our House by Denzil Sarah A

Author:Denzil, Sarah A. [Denzil, Sarah A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Horror, Mystery, Suspense
Amazon: B0BR5NFFQT
Goodreads: 75466335
Published: 2023-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

Meera’s Voice Note

Wednesday, 13 July

My God, she’s insane. She is a crazy old woman. She believes that the spirit of a big black dog is inside my son, and to get him out, we have to perform a ritual. She opened this huge grimoire and mixed spices with herbs and… I don’t know. I’ve never seen anything like it. She made it seem as though there’s power in everything—in the trees, in the soil. Everything.

I’m walking home, passing the woods, and I can smell the earth between the trees. If I close my eyes—which I shouldn’t do because I might trip—I can imagine the life multiplying within. Secretive life living among us, but separate.

Wow, I sound like Larissa.

It’s—what, seven-ish? I’m walking home from the manor. I told Aaron I was working late. We have the summer play, and I’m helping make the costumes.

[Sigh.]

I’m lying to my husband now. Uma is sad and scared. Aaron is drinking too much. I’m lying. Noah is… well, he’s Noah.

I almost don’t want to talk about my time with Larissa, but I need to remember what she said. There’s a spell on a piece of paper in my pocket. I need to repeat that in the mornings outside Noah’s room.

I don’t know. It’s all weird, isn’t it? Maybe I should go to temple and talk it out with someone of my faith. Am I putting too much trust into this woman? But she’s the only one who has said what I know deep in my bones. She’s the only person I know who has dealt with a loved one after they got lost in these terrible woods.

I’m not crazy for listening to her. But I might be crazy if I go through with this. I don’t know.

Like I said, she’s… kooky. But what other options do I have? That therapist isn’t great. Aaron thinks the sun shines out of his arse, but to me, he’s wishy-washy. He keeps saying Noah will get better with time and not giving us much to go on. Sure, we’ve done the stuff to help Noah be less anxious—and by the way, he isn’t even anxious. He’s the opposite, if anything. There’s not much of a plan. It’s more like a hope. I’m pretty sure Noah isn’t doing any of the cognitive behavioural stuff he’s supposed to.

I’m sorry, but how can trauma change someone’s personality overnight? Their entire personality, like they’re a completely new person. It can’t.

What harm can a silly spell do? Either it will help my son, or it won’t. I’m not going to summon a goblin or demon, right?

[Sigh.]

I want it to stop. My dreams are worse than ever. I’m afraid to go to sleep. In one of them, Noah was a baby, and I ripped him limb from limb.

[There’s a sound like a sob caught in Meera’s throat]

What kind of mother dreams that about her son? He isn’t even a baby anymore—he’s practically a man. What’s wrong with me? What are these thoughts inside my head?

[Sniff.]

If I can make my family go back to normal, I’ll do anything to get there.

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