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I ignored the ghost of a woman standing00:00:04
behind Pete. Well, tried to. I had00:00:08
gotten pretty good at not looking at00:00:10
her, but not listening was another00:00:12
matter.00:00:13
Dripping.00:00:15
Was it blood that perpetually rolled00:00:17
down her fingers or something worse? No00:00:20
way of knowing without looking.00:00:23
My eyes burned with the temptation to00:00:25
take a peek. Just a quick one. Surely,00:00:28
it wouldn't do any. I blamed hard and00:00:31
focused on what Pete was saying. "No,00:00:34
surely tonight." "Uh, the kids have come00:00:36
down with the flu. I've volunteered for00:00:39
setup duty." I gestured down the00:00:41
corridor. "Shall we?"00:00:45
I led the way, careful to keep my eyes00:00:47
away from windows, shiny doorork knobs,00:00:49
unexpected puddles, anything that might00:00:51
cast a reflection.00:00:53
When we reached our room, I paused and00:00:56
casting Pete a sidelong look.00:00:59
Do you want to? He knew the drill. No00:01:03
setting foot in the room. Not yet.00:01:06
With exaggerated casualness, he leaned00:01:09
against the wall and fixed his eyes on00:01:11
the ceiling while I opened the door and00:01:13
hurried inside. I fumbled the key into00:01:16
the storage cupboard lock and found what00:01:18
I needed within easy reach. Thank God00:01:21
for sure these organizational skills.00:01:24
All but sprinting back to the door, I00:01:26
encorked the jar and drew a thick line00:01:28
of salt just inside the threshold. I00:01:31
caught the briefest glimpse of bare00:01:33
feet. Bloated, the corpse's white flesh00:01:37
shot through with blue, dark, viscous00:01:40
liquid pulled around the rotting toes.00:01:43
And then Pete stepped over the salt and00:01:45
walked briskly to the storage cupboard,00:01:48
closing the door behind him with a firm00:01:50
click. That left me to deal with the00:01:53
blinds. It wasn't Pete's fault it00:01:55
wouldn't be fair to expect him to do it.00:01:58
No amount of logic prevented the wave of00:02:00
resentment I felt as I wrestled with the00:02:03
ever tangling cords, jaw clenched,00:02:06
waiting to hear,00:02:08
tapping.00:02:10
My mouth went dry. Just to my right on00:02:13
the other side of the glass was a glob00:02:15
of black ooze and was that a fingernail.00:02:19
It's no wonder the cleaners hate us. The00:02:22
words erupted from my lips before I00:02:24
could stop them, followed by a giggle00:02:27
that sounded more like a shriek.00:02:30
Acknowledgement,00:02:31
bad idea. But it broke the heavy silence00:02:35
of the room cleared my head long enough00:02:37
for me to win the battle with the00:02:39
blinds.00:02:41
With the outside world at last shut out,00:02:43
I allowed myself a moment just long00:02:46
enough for my hands to stop trembling.00:02:49
By the time that I made it back to the00:02:51
storage cupboard, I had managed to00:02:53
plaster a smile onto my face. Pete had00:02:57
already retrieved his talisman. He sat00:03:00
cross-legged on the floor, [music]00:03:01
gripping the dogeared book so tightly00:03:03
that his knuckles had turned white. When00:03:06
he heard the door open, he looked up00:03:08
expectantly.00:03:09
All clear, I confirmed. A rough week. I00:03:13
bit my tongue on the question as he00:03:15
scrambled to his feet. It seemed rude00:03:18
not to ask, particularly when the00:03:20
circles under his eyes were so much00:03:22
darker than usual.00:03:25
But now was not the time. Our first and00:03:28
most important rule made that clearer.00:03:32
We dragged the chairs out in silence and00:03:34
set them in a circle in the middle of00:03:36
the room. Pete retrieved five thick00:03:39
white candles, one for each of us, and00:03:42
positioned them next to the chairs while00:03:44
I retrieved the box of talismans. At the00:03:47
bottom was a jumble of metal tokens,00:03:49
symbols of a dozen different face. They00:03:53
were a hangover from the early days when00:03:55
it was just me and Shirley fumbling our00:03:58
way through the darkness. [music]00:03:59
None of our eventual regulars turned out00:04:02
to be very religious, not [music] even00:04:04
Steven, our former man of the cloth.00:04:08
We all preferred something a little more00:04:10
personal. A teddy bear worn nearly00:04:12
threadbear near a full bottle of00:04:15
whiskey, a dog's rubber bone imprinted00:04:18
with the tooth marks of its former00:04:20
owner. I dug out mine, a key ring00:04:23
bearing a photo of a seaside town, and I00:04:26
pocketed it. The cat tree was too00:04:29
cumbersome for either of us to manage00:04:31
alone, so we wrestled that into position00:04:34
together before parting again to finish00:04:36
up. Pete conducted a thorough search of00:04:39
the room, rifling through every drawer00:04:41
and dropping to his knees to crawl00:04:43
beneath tables. We weren't the only ones00:04:46
to use this room. A compact mirror00:04:48
misplaced by the knitting for anxiety00:04:51
group could prove disastrous.00:04:54
While he did his rounds, I set out the00:04:56
laminated rule cards. By now, I knew00:04:59
them by heart, but I scanned through00:05:01
them nonetheless, as surely often told00:05:04
us. Taking a couple of minutes to00:05:06
refresh our memories could save us a00:05:08
lifetime of suffering.00:05:11
Discussion must not begin until all00:05:13
protective measures are in place.00:05:16
Any members with followers must not00:05:18
enter the room until the salt line has00:05:20
been drawn.00:05:22
Cover any reflective surfaces.00:05:25
Once the candles are lit, no one can00:05:27
leave until they have burned out.00:05:30
And don't be rude. Everyone's stories00:05:33
are valid, even if they don't match your00:05:35
own.00:05:37
Listen when someone is talking. You'll00:05:39
have your own turn to speak. Keep an eye00:05:42
on Ed. Deafany breezed in just as we had00:05:46
finished, wearing her favorite fluffy00:05:48
pink jumper and carrying an enormous tan00:05:51
of biscuits.00:05:52
She gave Pete an obsessing look before00:05:55
thrusting the tin into his arms. "Oh,00:05:58
you're looking too thin. Eat," she00:06:00
ordered.00:06:02
She gave me a quick hug before scooping00:06:04
the teddy bear out of the talisman box,00:06:07
holding it in her lap as she pllopped00:06:09
into one of the seats.00:06:11
Mary came next, scowling and sporting a00:06:14
livid black eye. Daphne made a little00:06:17
squeak of dismay. "Oh, you poor love.00:06:20
What hap?" She caught herself clapping a00:06:23
hand over her mouth and staring wideeyed00:06:25
around the rest of us. "Oh, don't00:06:27
worry." Mary reassured her. The fist00:06:30
that did this was human.00:06:33
"Who would be dafted enough to take a00:06:35
swing at you?" I asked. Short she might00:06:38
be, but when Mary wasn't running the00:06:40
pub, she was pitching in at her00:06:42
brother's farm. Between hauling barrels00:06:45
and bales, her arms might as well have00:06:47
been made of steel.00:06:49
Oh, Punter, who had had a few too many,00:06:52
she plucked the dog toy from the box,00:06:54
clenching her fist around it. The00:06:57
squeaker had long since died, but it00:06:59
emitted a sad puff of air.00:07:02
He's barred now. And just that, I raised00:07:05
my eyebrows. The corners of her lips00:07:08
twitched, how maybe a bit bruised to00:07:11
two.00:07:14
Steven arrived last a few minutes after00:07:16
our designated start time. "Oh, sorry,00:07:19
sorry," he panted as he wrestled the00:07:22
yowing carrier through the door. "He did00:07:25
not want to cooperate tonight." He00:07:27
placed the carrier on the floor with a00:07:30
thud, opened the door, and beat a hasty00:07:32
retreat.00:07:34
Ed stalked out, tail twitching in00:07:36
irritation.00:07:38
He turned his baleful green eyes on00:07:40
Steven, who held up his hands and00:07:43
surrender.00:07:44
"Oh, don't be a sour puss," Daphne00:07:47
cooed. "Poor old Stevie had to get you00:07:49
here somehow."00:07:52
All around the room, hands reached into00:07:54
pockets. They produced little chunks of00:07:57
cheese, cat biscuits, leftover scraps of00:08:00
chicken. Ed accepted our offerings like00:08:03
a king receiving gifts from his00:08:05
subjects. Mullified, he allowed us to00:08:08
pet him for a minute before sauntering00:08:10
to the cat tree and cleaning the sleek00:08:12
black fur our filthy human hands had00:08:15
sullied.00:08:17
"Right," I said, looking around the00:08:19
group. "I think we're ready. Shall we00:08:22
make a start?"00:08:24
My stomach churned with the usual00:08:25
mixture of anticipation and dread. I00:08:28
knew the others felt the same, but they00:08:30
moved to take their places nonetheless.00:08:33
Steven grabbing the bottle of whiskey as00:08:35
he went. "Okay, guys," I said, trying to00:08:39
ignore the feeling of wrongness as I00:08:40
took Shirley's usual seat. "It didn't00:08:43
matter how many times I filled in for00:08:45
her, I would never get used to [music]00:08:47
it."00:08:48
Hey, if you need to go to the L, make a00:08:50
cup of tea, whatever. And now's the00:08:52
time. Once we light the candles, there's00:08:55
no getting up until they burn out. No00:08:57
one moved, of course. They knew to come00:09:00
prepared.00:09:02
Pete, do you mind?00:09:04
He pulled a lighter from his jacket, lit00:09:06
his candle, and passed it to Mary. It00:09:09
did a full loop of the circle until it00:09:11
reached me. "We're safe in the circle,"00:09:15
I said as I lit my candle. Not just from00:09:18
the things that haunt us, but from each00:09:19
other. Remember, there is no judgment00:09:22
here. Listen, be kind to one another.00:09:26
Now, who would like to start? I glanced00:09:29
towards Pete, but he gave a tiny shake00:09:31
of his head, pressing his lips together00:09:33
tightly.00:09:34
Not ready yet. No matter. I turned00:09:37
instead to Steven, who cleared his00:09:39
throat.00:09:41
I'll go, I suppose. He turned the bottle00:09:44
over in his hands.00:09:46
Danielle emailed me a few days ago.00:09:49
Danielle, Alfie's mom, Daphne ventured00:09:53
softly.00:09:55
The very same. She always gets in touch00:09:57
this time of year. Lets me know how he's00:10:00
getting on. History is his favorite00:10:02
subject. He'll be studying it at uni in00:10:05
a couple of years. Well, thanks to you,00:10:08
said Mary. You gave him that chance.00:10:12
Pete thumbing the edges of his book00:10:14
added. You gave a lot of people chances.00:10:18
As Steven nodded, "It's nice to hear00:10:21
about it. The life that he might00:10:23
otherwise not have had. It's nice to be00:10:25
reminded that it's been another year00:10:27
since I checked this in." He glanced00:10:30
down at the bottle, his grip tightening00:10:32
around its neck.00:10:34
But it's also a reminder that I'm not00:10:36
myself anymore, that I'll never be00:10:38
again.00:10:40
His candle flickered and for a moment00:10:42
his shadow was not his own. It loomed on00:10:46
the wall behind him, its fingers growing00:10:48
and sharpening to points.00:10:50
The air grew heavy around us. Breathing00:10:54
was no longer an unthinking natural00:10:56
process. It required conscious,00:10:59
painstaking effort.00:11:01
Behind me on the cat tree, Ed let out a00:11:04
low growl. I glanced at the others in00:11:07
turn. Mary stared straight at Steven,00:11:10
jaw clenched [music] tight. Daphne held00:11:13
her teddy bear close to her chest. The00:11:15
circles underneath Pete's eyes looked00:11:18
darker than ever. Twisting a little in00:11:20
my chair, slowly forcing myself to act00:11:23
as though I hadn't to care in the world,00:11:25
I looked over at Ed. He stared00:11:27
unblinking at the wall behind Steven and00:11:30
tail snapping from side to side.00:11:33
Perhaps Steven<unk>'s voice emerged, a00:11:36
deep rasp. We should move on to someone00:11:39
else.00:11:40
Good idea. Through sheer force of will,00:11:43
I managed to keep my voice light. It00:11:46
sounds like you need a strap [music]00:11:47
soulmate. Mary snorted. Daphne looked at00:11:51
her like she had lost her mind and then00:11:53
let out her own small giggle. Even Pete00:11:56
managed to smile.00:11:58
The oppressive feeling vanished as00:12:00
quickly as it had come. Ed resumed00:12:03
licking his paws. My turn, said Mary,00:12:06
drumming the rubber bone against her00:12:08
knee. And the little git has been00:12:11
causing hell all week. He before we00:12:14
could find out exactly what the little00:12:16
git had done, the door swung open. A00:12:19
bespectled young man smiled in at us00:12:21
from the corridor. "Is this the stop00:12:24
smoking group?" "Oh, they're in here00:12:26
tomorrow," I said. "We're something00:12:29
else." Ah. He puffed out his cheeks,00:12:32
disappointed. I'm meant to be leading00:12:35
it. Well, come back at 8:00 tomorrow.00:12:38
I'm sure you'll do brilliantly.00:12:41
I don't suppose I could sit in on your00:12:43
session. I've never done one of these00:12:45
before. I could do with some experience.00:12:48
Bad idea, said Mary abruptly. Yeah,00:12:51
we're in a private group, I explained.00:12:54
Hey, you won't even know that I'm here.00:12:55
I promise. As he stepped into the room,00:12:58
we all rushed to dissuade him, talking00:13:00
over each other in our panic. You can't.00:13:04
[music] This is private. You don't know.00:13:06
Mary, her face so red that it was nearly00:13:09
purple. It looked like she was strongly00:13:11
considering battering him with the00:13:13
rubber bone. She couldn't. None of us00:13:16
could leave the circle. All we could do00:13:18
was watch helplessly as he waved off our00:13:20
complaints, grabbed a spared chair, and00:13:23
forced it into the small gap between00:13:25
Daphne and Steven.00:13:28
The group stared at him a gasp and then00:13:30
as one turned their eyes to me. Oh, come00:13:33
on, Shirley. Why did you breed children00:13:36
with such weak immune systems?00:13:39
Right. Um, I looked at the stranger00:13:41
expectantly.00:13:43
Martin, he supplied.00:13:45
Well, you're here now, Martin, for00:13:47
better or worse. We have strict rules00:13:50
and we expect you to follow them. Oh, of00:13:52
course. I wouldn't dream of00:13:54
disrespecting your group. I bit my00:13:57
tongue down on the comment that barging00:13:58
in uninvited had done just that and00:14:01
instead said the most important one is00:14:04
you're now here until the end of the00:14:06
session. No getting up to go to the L.00:14:09
No smoke breaks. No fear there. He cut00:14:12
in and beaming at me. I smiled weakly00:14:15
back at him. Secondly, we respect each00:14:19
other here. You might hear things that00:14:21
sound strange to you. It's not your00:14:24
place to interrupt or invalidate00:14:26
anyone's experience.00:14:28
I understand how important respect is,00:14:31
he said sincerely. And then with just00:14:34
the faintest tone of pompousness00:14:36
creeping into his voice. I'm a trained00:14:39
counselor, you know. It's the ink still00:14:41
wet on the certificate, Mary snapped.00:14:44
Mary, I said quietly, less a caution,00:14:47
more a plea.00:14:49
She shot Martin a burning look that00:14:51
suggested she would be having words with00:14:53
him in the car park later, but said00:14:55
nothing further. "Would you like me to00:14:58
[music] start?" Daphne asked. I felt a00:15:01
rush of affection for her. She was00:15:04
fiddling with the bear's ears, clearly00:15:06
uncomfortable, but she was still trying.00:15:08
"That would be lovely, Daphne." She took00:15:11
a deep, steadying breath. "It's been00:15:15
hard since the night started getting00:15:16
longer. Oh, winter's always the worst.00:15:20
You know, I've got lots of other little00:15:22
berries at home. She picked the bear up00:15:25
by his paws and making him dance a00:15:27
little jig in her lap.00:15:29
They help, but when I wake up and see it00:15:32
standing there at the bottom of my bed,00:15:35
she shivered. And when she spoke next,00:15:38
her voice was little more than a00:15:39
whisper.00:15:41
It's those eyes sewn shut, but it still00:15:45
stares at me.00:15:48
And do you all have sleep disorders?00:15:50
Martin Budden.00:15:52
No, I said shortly. [music] And please00:15:55
don't interrupt. Sorry, Daffhany. Please00:15:57
carry on.00:16:00
You hear stories about stuff like this.00:16:03
She resumed haltingly.00:16:06
People seeming terrors in the night.00:16:08
They always seem to be there one moment00:16:10
and gone the next. You all know that it00:16:13
doesn't work that way for me.00:16:16
Once it turns up, it's there until00:16:18
sunrise, following me around the house,00:16:21
always watching. It was a bit more00:16:24
bearable when I still had Graham. He00:16:27
used to sit up and watch films with me,00:16:30
hold my hand on the sofa.00:16:32
Her eyes were sparkly now in the early00:16:36
days. Anyway,00:16:38
by the end,00:16:40
I saw Mary's hands had tighten around00:16:42
the bone. I knew how she felt.00:16:45
Logically, I knew that I couldn't blame00:16:47
Graham. It took a special sort of person00:16:50
to stick around and deal with this stuff00:16:52
when they didn't have to. And as we had00:16:54
all learned, those sorts of people were00:16:57
few and far between.00:16:59
But still, I hated him for leaving his00:17:01
poor sweet wife to suffer alone.00:17:05
Steven leaned over to Daphne, offering00:17:08
her his handkerchief. She took it with a00:17:10
grateful smile and dabbed her eyes.00:17:14
Creative writing? Martin burst out.00:17:17
What? I asked. You're a creative writing00:17:20
group, right?00:17:23
Mate, you've already been told to keep00:17:24
your gob shut. How hard is it? Mary00:17:27
demanded, jabbing the bone in his00:17:29
direction.00:17:30
Yes, she's right, I said. Please don't00:17:33
make me ask you again. When I looked at00:17:36
Daphne, she shook her head, holding the00:17:38
handkerchief tight against her cheek. I00:17:41
raised my eyebrows at Mary. Fine, she00:17:44
huffed. I'll go. As I was saying before00:17:48
I was rudely interrupted, she shot00:17:50
Martin a scorching luck. He's been00:17:52
causing trouble this week more than00:17:55
usual. I mean, has he been in the00:17:57
toilets again? I asked. Yes, literally00:18:00
in this case. That's how I ended up with00:18:03
this. She tapped her black eye. The00:18:07
drunk punter went into one of the stalls00:18:09
and the little crap popped his head up00:18:11
out the l. Of course, it's not the place00:18:13
you expect to find a little old man in a00:18:15
bowler hat. Freaked him right out. Came00:18:18
running out, ranting and raving and00:18:20
swinging fists. She let out a grunt of00:18:23
dissatisfaction.00:18:25
Two of my staff gave their notice that00:18:27
night. It's becoming an issue. We don't00:18:30
have a problem hiring. They hear the00:18:32
pubs haunted and they think they might00:18:33
get a little laugh, a little scare. But00:18:36
the moment that it inconveniences them.00:18:38
Wait, Martin interrupted. Mary heaved a00:18:42
heavy sigh. Ah, here we go. Are you00:18:46
claiming that you're experiencing some00:18:48
sort of, I don't know, genuine00:18:49
paranormal phenomenon?00:18:52
When Mary's only response was a hard00:18:55
stare, he turned to Daphne.00:18:57
And you, too? She gave him the smallest00:19:00
nod, just enough to confirm his00:19:02
statement.00:19:04
Martin. I cut in before he could say00:19:06
anything further. I was very clear about00:19:09
our rules. We don't invalidate anyone's00:19:12
experiences.00:19:14
But you should. No. No. He caught00:19:17
himself, held up his hands in a gesture00:19:20
of contrition. You're quite right. Your00:19:23
group, your rules. Please do continue.00:19:27
Mary's skull made it clear that she had00:19:29
no intention of picking up where she had00:19:30
left off. Pete and Daphne both pointedly00:19:34
ignored my looks. Only Steven met my00:19:36
eyes. He cleared his throat and then00:19:39
suggested gently. Perhaps you would like00:19:42
to. I really wouldn't. Not when Martin00:19:45
was now leaning forward, gaze intent and00:19:48
full of sickening concern. But I could00:19:51
hardly expect others to open up if I00:19:53
refused to do so myself.00:19:56
Right. I shifted in my seat, balling my00:19:58
hand into a fist around the key ring.00:20:01
Yes. Well, you all know how it started.00:20:04
Martin isn't acquainted with the story.00:20:07
I could have swung for Steven if I00:20:09
wasn't so certain he wasn't intent on00:20:11
torturing me.00:20:13
The rest of us were content to keep our00:20:15
experiences within the confines of our00:20:18
small circle. But he still had a streak00:20:21
of the preacher about him and it was00:20:23
focused on warning the general public00:20:25
about the dangers that we were00:20:27
intimately acquainted with. Even if they00:20:30
branded him as crazy for his struggles,00:20:33
if Hugh wouldn't mind. Not at all. The00:20:36
sentiment wasn't entirely convincing00:20:39
through gritted teeth, but it was the00:20:41
best that I could manage.00:20:44
When I was a kid, we used to go to the00:20:46
seaside on holiday. I forced my fingers00:20:49
to unfurl and I held up the key ring.00:20:52
Here to be precise.00:20:55
Martin squinted at the keyring, his00:20:57
smile coming too quickly. It looks00:21:00
lovely. It was a bit of a hole. The00:21:04
smell of greasy chips drifted back to me00:21:06
across the ears. I remembered the sky00:21:09
that always seemed to be slight gray,00:21:12
even in summer, and the cold bite of sea00:21:14
water on my thighs.00:21:17
I could feel the musty arcade carpet00:21:19
beneath my cheek. Dad's arms wrapping00:21:22
around me and hauling me against his00:21:24
chest after I dozed off. Somewhere00:21:27
behind him, mom and Becca bickered about00:21:30
her dress sensor, how her headphones00:21:32
seemed to be glued on, or whatever other00:21:35
piece of teenage rebellion my sister had00:21:38
engaged in to do my mom's head in.00:21:41
I grinned in spite of myself,00:21:44
but it had its good points. Arcades,00:21:48
fish and chips by the sea, that sort of00:21:50
thing. We went every year until we lost00:21:52
my dad. Mom couldn't face it after that.00:21:57
The year after he died, she took us00:21:59
somewhere else instead, some broken down00:22:02
old cottage in the middle of nowhere.00:22:06
Well, that must have been very00:22:07
difficult, said Martin somberly.00:22:11
the disruption in routine after. Shh.00:22:15
Mary hissed.00:22:17
Ignoring the interruption, I pressed on.00:22:20
There wasn't much to do there unless you00:22:22
liked looking at trees or playing board00:22:24
games with missing pieces.00:22:27
Mom spent a lot of time sleeping.00:22:30
That left me and Becca, my sister, to00:22:32
entertain ourselves.00:22:35
Becca was going through a phase, as my00:22:38
mom said. That was putting it lightly.00:22:41
Their arguments could rage on for hours,00:22:44
always ending with Becca slamming her00:22:46
bedroom door so hard that the trinkets00:22:48
on my shelves rattled. They were00:22:51
constantly at each other's throats. She00:22:54
had even started butting heads with dad00:22:55
before he died. But she always had time00:22:58
for me.00:23:00
I was 11 on that last holiday and Becca00:23:03
was 16. My friend's older siblings00:23:06
wanted nothing to do with them. They00:23:08
were too old and too cool to be seen in00:23:10
the company of children. But not Becca.00:23:14
She still would help me with my homework00:23:16
and threatened to slap the crap out of00:23:18
any kids that gave me trouble.00:23:20
I was a little in awe of her. So when00:23:24
she when she when she told me that there00:23:27
was a way to see dad again and asked for00:23:29
my help, well, I agreed.00:23:33
We went to bed that night and waited00:23:34
until we heard mom snoring. The mixture00:23:37
of excitement and stomach freezing00:23:40
terror slammed into me. As strong now as00:23:43
it had been more than 20 years ago when00:23:45
I had huddled beneath my blanket,00:23:47
waiting for the creek of my door and00:23:49
Becca's summoning whisper.00:23:53
I followed Becca into the woods and then00:23:57
what? My memories of that night were00:24:00
fragmented like a photo album someone00:24:02
had taken a pair of scissors to. I00:24:05
scrunched my eyes shut, pressing my00:24:07
knuckles hard against them as I tried to00:24:09
remember.00:24:12
There was an old book thick and bound in00:24:14
leather. God knows where she got it.00:24:18
Stole it knowing Becca.00:24:20
It wasn't in English. I remember that00:24:23
much because she read out loud from it.00:24:26
I flexed the index finger on my left00:24:28
hand, staring down at the thin white00:24:31
scar that ran its length.00:24:33
Becca's hand had been gentle as it held00:24:35
mine. "Sorry, little," she had whispered00:24:39
as she had raised the knife. "I only00:24:42
need a few drops," she took my blood.00:24:46
Flames danced behind my eyes, dripped it00:24:49
into a fire, and when she called out,00:24:51
something answered her. Red eyes00:24:54
piercing the darkness, a growl so deep00:24:57
that it reverberated in my bones.00:25:01
But it wasn't Dad.00:25:03
She told me to run. I remembered00:25:06
branches whipping against my cheeks, my00:25:08
chest burning as my lungs desperately00:25:10
tried to squeeze in air. And I did. I00:25:15
didn't realize that I was crying until00:25:16
somebody pressed a handkerchief in my00:25:18
hand. I took it without looking up.00:25:21
Meeting any of their eyes was more than00:25:23
I could bear. The shame was too deep.00:25:27
You did the right thing, said Mary00:25:29
firmly. If you hadn't listened to her,00:25:32
you would have been taken, too.00:25:35
Taken? asked Martin.00:25:38
And Daphne spared me from having to00:25:39
answer.00:25:41
Becca vanished that night. Their mom00:25:44
called the police and they searched the00:25:46
woods but found nothing.00:25:48
You believe someone kidnapped her?00:25:51
Something took her? Mary answered in a00:25:54
tone that brooked no argument.00:25:56
Martin was either oblivious to the00:25:58
warning or chose to ignore it. I mean,00:26:01
no disrespect to your sister, but it00:26:04
sounds like she was troubled, arguing00:26:06
with your mom, grieving for your dad.00:26:09
Couldn't she have run away?00:26:11
You seem to be under a misapprehension,00:26:14
said Steven, namely that this was an00:26:17
isolated incident. It wasn't. We have00:26:20
all caught glimpses of this beast.00:26:24
For the thousandth time, I sent up a00:26:26
silent prayer of thanks for my friends.00:26:30
The first time it had returned, one year00:26:33
to the day after the night that Becca00:26:34
led me into the woods, I was alone. I00:26:38
lay frozen in bed as its red eyes00:26:40
pierced me through the darkness and00:26:42
quaking each time that it let out00:26:44
another growl.00:26:46
Staring into its terrible eyes nearly00:26:48
cost me my sanity. But I didn't dare00:26:50
look away. I barely dared to blink. I00:26:54
was certain it would pounce if I gave it00:26:56
an opening.00:26:58
I had weathered the next few anniversary00:27:01
in my mom's bed, clinging to her arm as00:27:04
she slept the deep sleep of the00:27:05
medicated.00:27:07
When I left home, I took to spending00:27:09
those nights in churches.00:27:12
Finally, I found a group of friends00:27:14
willing to sit in vigil with me.00:27:18
Martin made to rise from his chair and00:27:20
was immediately greeted by a chorus of00:27:22
no from all sides. Blanching, he dropped00:27:26
back down. Instead, he saw my eyes, his00:27:30
gaze full of sympathy.00:27:33
I'm really sorry for what happened,00:27:35
losing your dad and your sister and at00:27:38
such a young age. But he hesitated,00:27:41
fiddling with the cuffs of his jumper00:27:43
before seeming to come to a decision.00:27:46
Monsters like the thing that you're00:27:48
talking about don't exist. You know00:27:50
that, right? I took a deep breath and I00:27:53
did my very best to keep my tone level00:27:56
as I replied. How do you explain it00:27:58
then? Grief, trauma, they can do strange00:28:02
things to a person.00:28:04
And the fact that we have all seen it00:28:06
too, asked Steven. Martin swiveled in00:28:10
his seat to face him. All group00:28:12
delusions and hallucinations are00:28:14
documented phenomena, particularly in00:28:17
tightnit groups that share a belief00:28:18
system.00:28:20
Mary scoffed, opened her mouth to00:28:22
retort, but before she could. Tapping,00:28:26
we all froze except for Martin. I was00:28:30
vaguely aware that he was still laying00:28:31
out theories and building up steam, but00:28:34
my focus was entirely on the tapping00:28:36
coming from the other side of the00:28:38
window. I knew better than to look, but00:28:40
I couldn't help but listen. The others,00:28:44
the members had pald. Pete's face had00:28:47
little more color than a cadaavver.00:28:49
Across the room, a deep rumble was00:28:52
building in Ed's throat. What do I do? I00:28:55
mean, surely would know. Dang it. I00:28:58
looked from face to face and saw my own00:29:00
panic reflected there as Steven rescued00:29:03
us. Young man, I appreciate that you've00:29:06
heard things that are [music] contrary00:29:08
to your worldview. There was an00:29:10
undeniable tremor to his voice, but he00:29:12
pressed on. It's difficult. I understand00:29:15
that. It does not excuse your00:29:18
inconsolable rudeness. We ask only for00:29:21
respect, and you have failed to give us00:29:23
that. I don't mean any disrespect, my00:29:27
impressed and earnest hand to his heart.00:29:29
But there are no such things as ghosts00:29:31
and goblins and things that go bump in00:29:34
the night. Such beliefs only stem from00:29:36
illness.00:29:38
Tap.00:29:40
Ed began to growl properly now. A low00:29:43
guttural sound that rose up to fill the00:29:45
gaps in the room. Mary opened her00:29:48
[music] mouth, but Steven held a finger00:29:50
to force stall her. In some cases,00:29:53
that's true. Not in others. Certainly00:29:57
not in ours. There is medication that00:30:00
can help you. Martin insisted.00:30:02
Therapies.00:30:04
This is our therapy. Steven said coldly.00:30:08
It's not. It's a shared delusion. It's00:30:10
only going to make you worse. You need00:30:13
tap. Martin whipped his head towards the00:30:16
shuttered window. Do you hear that? No,00:30:20
said Steven. But we've heard quite00:30:23
enough of you.00:30:25
Tap. There it is again. And surely you00:30:28
can hear it. We don't know what you're00:30:30
talking about, I said. Well, your cat00:30:33
does. He gestured towards Ed, who was00:30:36
now standing, claws digging into the00:30:39
fabric beneath his paws, eyes locked on00:30:41
the window. It's coming from over there.00:30:45
Don't, we shouted in unison as he made00:30:48
to rise from his seat once more. He00:30:50
dropped back down with a thud. As he00:30:53
looked from one person to another,00:30:55
realization dawned on his face. "You00:30:58
think it's some sort of monster, don't00:31:00
you?"00:31:02
There was silence but for the tapping.00:31:05
I'm going to go over there. "Please00:31:07
don't," Daphne whispered. "And show you00:31:10
that there's nothing to be afraid of."00:31:12
"It'll be the end of you, you bloody00:31:14
fool," said Mary. Martin stood up.00:31:19
Steven jerked reflexively as if he was00:31:21
about to go after him. He caught himself00:31:24
at the last moment, gripping the seat of00:31:26
his chair to anchor himself in place.00:31:30
Martin. His voice was low and urgent00:31:32
now. I've participated in dozens of00:31:35
exorcisms in my time. I've seen things00:31:38
that have stretched my belief to the00:31:40
point of breaking. Everything I've seen,00:31:42
all my experience tells me one thing. If00:31:46
you go over there, you will die.00:31:49
Why risk it? said Mary. If there's even00:31:52
the slightest chance that he's right,00:31:54
you're gambling with your life. The look00:31:57
that Martin gave her was soft and full00:31:59
of pity. If I play along with this00:32:02
delusion that I'm only hurting you, he00:32:05
stepped outside the circle. With every00:32:08
step he took, we pleaded, begging him to00:32:10
come back to sit in the safety of the00:32:12
circle. When he had reached the window00:32:14
he made to raise the blind, Pete wrapped00:32:17
a trembling hand around my wrist and00:32:19
shook his head. I nodded00:32:22
acknowledgement.00:32:23
"It's too late," I murmured. And when00:32:26
the others still clamored at Martin, I00:32:29
raised my voice to a shout. "It's too00:32:31
late. Just don't look." I grabbed Pete's00:32:35
hand on one side and Steven's on the00:32:37
other. A moment's hesitation in which00:32:39
their faces cycle through denial, fury,00:32:42
and finally helpless acceptance before00:32:45
the others followed suit in joint hands.00:32:49
"How did this happen?" Mary spat. We00:32:52
turned our eyes to the floor.00:32:55
Silence now, but for Ed's yowling, and00:32:58
beneath it, the soft click of the window00:33:00
opening.00:33:02
"Hello," Martin called. And then see00:33:07
there's nothing there. It must have been00:33:08
the branches on the Oh. Pete's nails dug00:33:13
into my skin. Are you okay? The00:33:17
slightest tremor entered Martin's voice.00:33:20
You seem you look. I think he realized00:33:24
his mistake at the end. There was a00:33:26
clattering as though he tried to jerk00:33:28
back and slam the window shut only to be00:33:31
tangled in the blinds. I think he tried00:33:34
to scream. He only managed a sharp00:33:37
inhale, a muffled groan.00:33:40
Heavy thuting followed, like feet00:33:42
pounding against the ground, and finding00:33:44
no purchase,00:33:46
and then silence, except for AD.00:33:51
His screeching had died down to a00:33:53
continuous growl, low and full of00:33:55
warning.00:33:57
As for us, these survivors of yet00:33:59
another deadly night. We could only00:34:02
remain in the circle, stuck there until00:34:05
the candles burned down.00:34:08
I didn't dare look up, but I could hear00:34:10
Daphne's soft whispering and Pete00:34:12
muttering something unintelligible00:34:14
beneath his breath.00:34:17
At last, the candles began to burn out.00:34:20
When the last flame guttered, Pete shot00:34:23
up and ran as fast as his shaking legs00:34:25
could carry him to the storage cupboard.00:34:28
Daphne followed after him, arms wrapped00:34:30
tight around her waist.00:34:32
As she turned to close the door behind00:34:34
him, I saw her cheeks were wet. "Sorry,"00:34:38
she mumbled. "I just can't."00:34:42
That left me, Mary, and Steven to deal00:34:44
with the aftermath. Mary's fingers had00:34:47
punctured the rubber bone, and Steven00:34:49
looked as though he hadn't had to fight00:34:51
the urge to open his bottle so hard in00:34:54
years. But when I looked into their00:34:56
faces, I saw they were resolved.00:35:00
On three, I suggested. When they both00:35:03
nodded, I reminded them. Don't look out00:35:06
the window.00:35:08
I counted us down. We looked in unison.00:35:12
Martin lay slumped half out the [music]00:35:14
window. Something stood beyond him,00:35:16
staring at us from outside. Our00:35:19
well-trained eyes refused to see it. "If00:35:23
I get that window shut, can you move the00:35:26
lips refused to form the word body, but00:35:29
they understood on it, boss," said Mary.00:35:33
They went first and Mary leading the way00:35:36
with their mouth set in a grim line and00:35:38
grabbing hold of one of Martin's legs00:35:40
each. They heaved. He came free of the00:35:43
window and landed on the floor with a00:35:45
sickening thud. The moment that he was00:35:47
clear, I moved in. For a dreadful00:35:50
moment, my arm refused to move and I was00:35:52
frozen in place, trapped by the fear00:35:55
that cold fingers would wrap themselves00:35:57
around my wrist when I reached for the00:35:59
window.00:36:01
They've done their part, I told myself.00:36:03
Now it's your turn. As I reached for the00:36:06
handle, I saw the woman standing00:36:08
outside, still silent, mere feet away. I00:36:12
allowed my eyes to slip out of focus,00:36:15
giving no sign that I had seen her,00:36:17
other than the hammering of my heart,00:36:19
which I was certain filled the whole00:36:21
room. I snatched the window shut and00:36:24
then closed the blinds on her dreadful00:36:26
form. Only then did I allow myself to00:36:29
take a deep breath as I turned to00:36:30
inspect our next problem. The only00:36:33
outward signs of damage were the rivlets00:36:36
of blood that had trickled from Martin's00:36:38
ears oozing down to stain the shoulders00:36:40
of his jumper. That and his eyes. They00:36:45
were wide and glazed, frozen open by the00:36:48
horror that he had witnessed. The last00:36:50
thing he could ever witness.00:36:53
What are we going to do with them? said00:36:56
Mary, her voice clipped. Do we call the00:36:59
police? And tell them what? I asked. I00:37:03
don't know, she shrugged. We could say00:37:06
that he collapsed. And how do we explain00:37:08
why we waited hours before calling for00:37:10
help? I wrapped my arms around myself,00:37:13
shivering. They'll start poking around00:37:16
into what we do here and then the next00:37:18
thing you know, yeah, we end up locked00:37:20
away in some hospital. Finished Mary. At00:37:24
best, I murmured.00:37:26
I'll sort it, said Steven. He was00:37:29
staring at Martin's corpse, face pale00:37:32
and glammy. That could be dangerous,00:37:35
cautioned Mary. I can handle it, he said00:37:38
sharply, running a shaking hand over his00:37:41
mouth. I wouldn't have suggested it00:37:43
otherwise.00:37:45
I hesitated.00:37:47
Do you want company or would you prefer00:37:49
if we privacy is preferable?00:37:53
On the cat tree, Ed had finally fallen00:37:56
silent, but he turned his lamplike eyes00:37:58
on Steven, tail twitching.00:38:01
As I ushered Mary to the storage00:38:03
cupboard, Steven called after us00:38:06
horsely.00:38:08
Draw a salt line just in case. We00:38:11
slipped inside to where Daphne and Pete00:38:13
were waiting for us. Her arm wrapped00:38:16
tightly around his shoulder. They00:38:18
glanced at us, read our grim looks, and00:38:20
looked quickly away again. When I turned00:38:23
to close the door, I caught a glimpse of00:38:25
Steven, his jaw unhinging, dropping down00:38:29
to his chest as his teeth sharpened into00:38:32
fangs. He advanced on Martin, his clawed00:38:36
hands grasping.00:38:38
I slammed the door and reached for the00:38:40
salt.00:39:00
Franklin.00:39:33
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