Whispers of the past by Cora Clark

Author:Cora Clark [Clark, Cora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cora Clark Books
Published: 2019-10-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The Cellar

The contours of the hatch in the cellar look so sharp and threatening. It is like my mind is trying to tell me something really, really important is hiding down there. I stand in the cellar, confused and scared, when the lights turn off. I scream and run for the door, which is locked.

I scream some more, pounding on the door, feeling my blood rush violently though my body.

I don’t know how, but I know I am going to die.

Something or someone in the cellar is going to kill me.

I pound on the door until my fists bleed, and I look at my hands in horror. The darkness of the cellar doesn’t reveal the dark red colour of the blood, but I feel its wetness, and the numbness reaching my fingers.

I sit down helplessly on the floor, my back against the door. My cries drown and I lose my voice trying to scream.

Something is knocking on the hatch, from the inside…

Thump Thump…

I woke up sweating, bolting upright on the bed. Someone was pounding on the front door.

I took a breath and wiped my forehead. “Coming!” I yelled out as I put on my nightgown and then trotted down the stairs.

With the dream still fresh in my mind, I opened the door and jumped as I saw Hayden standing there.

“Whoa! Didn’t mean to scare you,” he said.

I sighed and let him inside. “Nightmare, I’m fine.”

He walked inside and looked at me, raising one eyebrow. “Look, I am sorry, okay?”

I rubbed the bridge of my nose. “I don’t care anymore. It’s fine.”

“Are you sure? You seem upset about something.”

I looked at him. “Did you know we have a secret hatch down in the cellar?”

He shook his head. “What do you mean, a secret hatch?”

“I mean a secret hatch. Hidden under a carpet.”

He folded his arms across his chest. “Was that in your dream?”

I nodded. “Yup. It was. And then I went down there, and wouldn’t you know, there it was.”

“You are just remembering it then.”

I sighed. “Either way, I need to know what’s down there.”

He took a step towards me, then touched my cheek with his cold hand. “Do you want me to check it out with you?”

I nodded. “Yes.”

“Okay. We can do that.” He leaned forward and kissed my lips. I felt a tingle in my lower stomach.

“I also saw someone, yesterday...” I said as I moved my head back, breaking the kiss.

“Saw who?”

“A woman peeking through the windows.”

He frowned. “Here?”

“Yes, through the kitchen window. I tried to follow her when she ran into the woods.”

“God, why didn’t you tell me?”

I shook my head. “I was upset.”

He took his shoes off and sat down on the couch. “Who could it have been?”

I kept talking to him as I entered the kitchen and put on some coffee. “I have no idea. I didn’t recognise her.”

“Just strange… for someone to come all the way out here just to peek into a window?”

I closed my eyes and took a breath as I waited for the coffee.

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