The Haunting of Red River: A Riveting Haunted House Ghost Thriller Boxset by Marie Wilkens

Author:Marie Wilkens [Wilkens, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-31T04:00:00+00:00

Della became a frequent fixture at the house, appearing with Ben and Basil every afternoon. I grew used to her presence and stopped fussing over her constant cleaning. It was a soothing task for her, and it left me with time to tend to Sammy and the Falconwood website. Each day as I left the house, I bid goodbye to Ben, Basil, and Della as if they were all family.

Falconwood had had a particularly warm couple of days, so when I picked up Sammy from school, many of the parents who usually drove had walked instead. The pickup loop was far less busy, and I cruised right up to the curb. Sammy was nowhere to be found until I saw a gaggle of kids behind the bushes in the middle of the courtyard. In the middle, I caught sight of Sammy’s panicked face. I put the car in park and got out, much to the chagrin of the parents in line behind me.

“Miss?” One of the teachers manning the pickup loop hurried after me as I slammed the door of my car and navigated the sea of waiting students to reach the courtyard. “Excuse me, miss? You’re not allowed to leave your car in the pickup loop. The whole point—”

“That’s my kid,” I snarled.

In the courtyard, the circle of bigger kids pushed Sammy around. He couldn’t find a way out, though he pleaded with them to let him go. I stepped over the low hedge and emerged right behind a chubby blond boy who had Sammy in hand. Sternly but safely, I pried him off of Sammy. Sammy escaped the circle and hid behind me. I knelt down, gripping the blond kid’s jacket firmly with one hand to ensure I had the attention of the whole group.

“Listen here,” I whispered, deadly quiet. “You may fool your teachers and parents into blaming these fights on Sammy, but I know the truth. If any one of you ever touches or talks to Sammy again, I will make sure your parents hear about it. Do you understand me?”

One by one, the kids nodded. The blond boy looked especially terrified. “You’re that girl, aren’t you?” he said, voice trembling. “The one who lives in the Abram Mansion?”

“What of it?”

“That place is haunted.”

“It sure is,” I promised. “And I’m friends with the ghost. You wouldn’t want to find a ghost in your room at night, when you’re safe in bed, would you?”

The blond boy furiously shook his head.

I released his jacket and patted the wrinkles out of it. “Then I suggest you keep your hands to yourself.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

I stood up and took Sammy by the hand. “I’ll be keeping an eye on all of you. Don’t forget that.”

As soon as I swung Sammy over the hedge, the rest of the kids huddled together and started whispering. Surely, they were conspiring how best to tattle to their parents about my threat of sending the ghost of Abram Mansion to haunt them. I didn’t care. If the

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