The Lancaster

Chapter Nine

“What happened? ,why did you just run out like that?” Winnie asked over the phone as she kept playing with her pendant,

“I’m sorry girl, I saw some weird s**t, at least I thought I did, I don’t even know what I saw in your kitchen but it totally put me off” Wendy explained over the phone, “what exactly did you see?” she asked, “I saw like a girl with black eyes?, I don’t even know what I saw, but it scared me, sorry I ran out like that” wendy apologized, “black eyes you say?, it’s okay” she asked as she bit her nail

“yeah, anyways, have you told your mom about the party?” Wendy asked, and Winnie’s closet started opening, “um, can I call you back?” she stared at the closet as she sat up straight on her bed, “sure” Wendy said and Winnie hung up.

The closet stopped opening and a pale looking hand covered in dirt , was coming out of it, she gulped and slowly got up from bed, she saw a head poking out from the closet, the doll in the closet fell and she continued moving slowly back towards the door,  the hand vanished back into the closet and a girl fell out from the closet and she froze, the girl started crawling backwards towards her and she could feel her heart up in her throat as her mouth fell open, her room door opened, “Winnie?” Blake called but she was frozen in fear, “Winnie!” he shook her and she let out a heavy sigh and turned to Blake

“Are you okay?, mom said to call you for dinner” he suspiciously looked at her and walked out, she turned and the girl wasn’t there anymore, she gulped and went walked out of the room.

    Downstairs, Jane had set the dining table and Henry was already sitting by the dining, Jane was serving food in their plates as the kids came downstairs, “okay kids, eat up, our first proper meal as a family in this house” Jane smiled and sat, the kids pulled out a chair and sat down too.

“so how was school today?” Henry put a spoonful of mashed potatoes in his mouth

“it was okay, normal as usual” Blake nodded while chewing his chicken, “and you honey?” Jane asked as she took a sip from her glass

Winnie looked stunned, “huh?” Jane looked at her, hoping to get a response

“uh” she was short of words, “uh, um, it was okay” she smiled and focused on her plate, “what is going on with you lately?” Blake turned to Winnie as he took a sip from his glass , “wh..what do you mean?” Winnie stammered, unable to make eye contact with Blake, “you’ve been spacing out a lot lately and acting really strange, it calls for attention and you know I’m right” Blake rested his elbow on the table, Winnie remained silent, “honey, is there something you’re not telling us?, talk to us” Henry touched her hand on the table and Winnie gulped

“it’s nothing, and I don’t know how it’s any of your business, my life has nothing to do with you” Winnie scoffed at Blake, “it does, you’re my sister and I care about you, especially when you’re starting to act like a freak” Blake turned to her, Winnie just stared at him, “enough” Henry hit his fist on the table and Jane held his hand, “if Winnie is not ready to talk , she’ll talk when she’s ready” Henry said and looked at her, “um, mom can my friends and I host an Halloween party here on Tuesday?” Winnie asked, “oh honey I’m sorry, they can’t, but you can invite them for a sleep over”  Jane said, “great” Winnie said under her breath and dropped her cutleries, “I’m going to pass on dinner” she got up, “honey, you barely touched your food” Jane dabbed her mouth with a napkin, “I don’t have an appetite, Goodnight” Winnie said and went upstairs