Pam placed her other hand over her mouth to prevent a scream escaping.
“What’s the matter?” Derek asked, re-emerging through the front door.
Pam looked at him, her eyes wide in shock.
She pointed towards the top of the house, without saying a word.
Derek came down the steps to join her, and looked up, following the line of her finger. He, too, had to strain his eyes, but all he could see were the empty windows staring back at them.
He turned to Pam. “What do you see?” he enquired, desperately trying to keep the trepidation from his voice, for he already suspected what her answer would be.
“There was someone there,” Pam stuttered. “Standing at the attic window, I saw them as clearly as I see you now.”
Derek looked up, once more. “Well, there’s no one there now – perhaps it was a shad
