Haunting-Adeline
Chapter 13The Manipulatorjust got back the first round of edits,” I say to Marie a through thephone. “I’m star ng on them tonight.”“I“Wonderful, let me know if you need anything,” she says.I’m walking down my dimly lit hallway towards my room when a flash ofmovement catches my eye. I freeze, my finger just pressing the red bu onwhen I see what looks like a woman disappearing through the a c door.A smile forms on my face before I can stop it.In all the years I’ve been in this house, I’ve only seen an appari on a fewmes. More o en, I’ve heard voices, footsteps, doors slam and felt thefreezing dra s, but rarely anything visual.But I know what I just saw.A woman in a white dress with ght blonde curls. I didn’t see her face,but there’s a dis nct feeling that it was Gigi.Nearly dropping my phone rushing a er her, I run down the hall andswing the a c door open. It’s pitch black leading up the stairs, and there’sthat nervous ckle in the back of my brain, but it doesn’t stop me.I tap the flashlight on my phone and quickly make my way up the stairs.A heavy weight of foreboding presses down on my shoulders, but I trudgethrough it. Whoever that was, they wanted me to see something. I shiverfrom the feeling, both in fear and delight.The moment I step on the landing, it feels like breathing in water. The airup here is s fling and heavy, rife with nega vity.It feels like something dark has consumed this space. And it doesn’t likeme up here. I can feel it staring at me from every angle.There’s a single bulb up here somewhere with a long string a ached toit. I swivel my flashlight around un l I spot the string.It’s swinging back and forth in an a c with no airflow and where theatmosphere feels denser than the woods outside of this manor.
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Chapter 13
The Manipulator
just got back the first round of edits,” I say to Marie a through the
phone. “I’m star ng on them tonight.”
“I
“Wonderful, let me know if you need anything,” she says.
I’m walking down my dimly lit hallway towards my room when a flash of
movement catches my eye. I freeze, my finger just pressing the red bu on
when I see what looks like a woman disappearing through the a c door.
A smile forms on my face before I can stop it.
In all the years I’ve been in this house, I’ve only seen an appari on a few
mes. More o en, I’ve heard voices, footsteps, doors slam and felt the
freezing dra s, but rarely anything visual.
But I know what I just saw.
A woman in a white dress with ght blonde curls. I didn’t see her face,
but there’s a dis nct feeling that it was Gigi.
Nearly dropping my phone rushing a er her, I run down the hall and
swing the a c door open. It’s pitch black leading up the stairs, and there’s
that nervous ckle in the back of my brain, but it doesn’t stop me.
I tap the flashlight on my phone and quickly make my way up the stairs.
A heavy weight of foreboding presses down on my shoulders, but I trudge
through it. Whoever that was, they wanted me to see something. I shiver
from the feeling, both in fear and delight.
The moment I step on the landing, it feels like breathing in water. The air
up here is s fling and heavy, rife with nega vity.
It feels like something dark has consumed this space. And it doesn’t like
me up here. I can feel it staring at me from every angle.
There’s a single bulb up here somewhere with a long string a ached to
it. I swivel my flashlight around un l I spot the string.
It’s swinging back and forth in an a c with no airflow and where the
atmosphere feels denser than the woods outside of this manor.