Welcome To The Family by R.K. Latch

Author:R.K. Latch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, torture, psychological horror, southern horror, horrorthriller, family horror, horror drama
Published: 2021-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The night was hushed as the three of them walked soundlessly across the deep back porch then down to the grass. Damp from dew, Wade felt the moisture seeping through the footies of his pajamas. After meeting Mr. and Mrs. Duncan in the living room, Luthor had led them, wordlessly through the house to the back door.

The grass silenced their footfalls, it was a warm night, not hot, just balmy. These were Wade’s favorite kind of nights. If you had a good place to sleep outdoors, whether underneath the low bows of a cedar or underneath a lean-to under which someone might stack their firewood-always keeping an eye out snakes, spiders and things that creep through the night it could be quite comfortable. After a long hard, usually terrifying day, the nice temperate air would settle over him like a medicinal balm. Such nights were the best he could hope for until last night.

Wade did not know what to expect. All this was so strange, disconcerting. Halfway across the lawn, the preternatural silence hit him. It was much too quiet, much too calm. Above, white clouds drifted lazily across the sky, blocking out any stars and the moon itself.

He wanted to ask what was going on, where they were going, what they had in store for him. His mouth uttered not a word. They were headed in the direction of the side building or garage as Wade had come to think of it, though more times than not Mr. Duncan left the car in the front, at least since he’d arrived at the Duncan home.

Mr. Duncan spoke neither of hobbies nor of uses for the building. Wade figured he would find out in just a moment the purpose of the building was. He looked up several times at Mr. And Mrs. Duncan but found them looking straight ahead, Luthor’s face blank and betraying no emotion, but Gabby’s turned into a slight smile.

They rounded the side to the front of the building. There were tracks of gravel leading up to it Wade now saw as they were right on top of it. The night was as black as pitch and seeing anything a few feet beyond you was close to impossible.

There was a large wide swing up door that would permit the Studebaker in but there was also a man-sized door to the side of it. To that smaller door is where Mr. Duncan led them.

Looking to his wife, he said, “Are you sure?” Mrs. Duncan looked down at Wade. She merely nodded.

Wade wanted to ask what she was sure about that seemed to include him but again, he kept his mouth shut. This was weird, but in his years, Wade had borne witness to much weirder.

“You remember the rules?” Luthor asked Wade. For a moment, the boy did not understand. Then, he remembered the rules Mr. Duncan had laid out for him just this evening.

“Yes,” Wade said his voice small and low.

Unsure of the boy’s answer, Luthor continued, “and

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