"I am serious last night freaked me out" I told Beck as he rolled his eyes at me. It was annoying how nothing scared him.
"Babe like I said it was probably just a deer or a racoon or something" Beck assured me and kissed my forehead.
"Now let's relax, I'll make some breakfast and we can have a good day okay?" Beck pulled my waist against his.
"Okay" I gave in then Beck walked down to the kitchen and I woke up both the kids.
"good morning" I said to Paul and Olivia as they raced downstairs when they smelled pancakes being made.
"Chocolate chip or plain?" Beck asked me as he flipped a pancake on the pan.
"Plain" I answered then poured some milk for Olivia and Paul and made myself some coffee.
After we all ate breakfast and got dressed Paul and Olivia decided to go play outback while Beck and I sat on the porch.
"Have you been to the basement of this place?" Beck asked me as we swung on the porch swing.
"No why?" I asked.
"Nothing it's just really weird down there, like there is all this old stuff down there and I think it belonged to the Defeo's." Beck explained.
"Seriously? Murder's furniture? I gotta see this" I said and jumped off the swing.
Beck and I walked down the cold creaky basement where I saw a load of cobwebs.
"Whoa look at this old clock it has to be from like the 70s or 60s" I said in awe as I held it up. The time on it read 3:15 am.
"There is also an old shag couch" Beck pointed out. I laughed and sat on it.
"I wonder if he killed anyone on this couch?" I said curiously.
"Jade" Beck sighed. he never understands my twisted facinations.
"We should head back upstairs the kids are outside alone" Beck reminded me. I sighed because I wanted to look at the rest of the treasures down here.
"Okay I'll be up in one second I promise" I insisted. Beck shrugged then walked back upstairs. I just wanted to peek around real quick because I was so curious.
There were a lot of old records and nick nacks lying around but something on a dusty shelf caught my eye. I walked over and lifted it up and saw it was a old bible. I blew the dust off of it and opened it up. The first few pages were normal but as I skimmed through it an uneasy feeling rushed through me. Every page had "Kill Them" written all over it. I flipped through the rest of it then threw it back on the shelf.
Was that Mr. Defeo's bible? I felt like someone was watching me as I stood by the shelf. I quickly looked around then ran up the steps and back outside.
"You okay? You look startled" Beck examined me with a worried expression.
"Yea I am fine" I lied and sat back down next to him. He wrapped his arm around me and kissed my cheek.
"Isn't this great" Beck sighed. "Yep just like we imagined it" I said then we watched as Olivia and Paul played tag and actually got along.
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"Dinner!" I yelled and placed the potatoes on the table. Paul ran into the dining room and took a seat then Beck followed.
"Where's Olivia?" I asked.
"I don't know in her room" Paul shrugged. I rolled my eyes then stopped upstairs to Olivia's room. I walked to Olivia's door and heard talking on the other side. I was puzzled as I slowly opened the door to see her sitting alone on her bed.
"Who are you talking to?" I asked.
"Allison" Olivia giggled.
"Who is Allison?" I asked curiously.
"My friend" Olivia said as she looked at the empty chair next to her.
"Oh and how do you know Allison?" I asked playing along. I hoped none of my kids would have imaginary friends but whatever.
"She use to live here" Olivia explained.
"Oh really? she told you that" I said.
"Yep but something bad happened" Olivia said.
"Really? What?" I asked. Olivia looked at the empty chair then back at me.
"I can't say" She stated.
"Come on tell me" I insisted.
"I can't" She snapped. I sighed then walked back into the hall.
"Well dinner is ready come down and eat now" I comanded then walked back downstairs.
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"thanks for doing the dishes" Beck said as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"Yea yea whatever" I rolled my eyes and continued to put the dishes in the dishwasher.
"So did Olivia tell you about her new imaginary friend?" I asked Beck curiously.
"No? Who is it?" He asked.
"She says her name is Allison and that she use to live here" I explained.
"Oh really? That's cute that she has a wide imagination" Beck pointed out.
"Yea but it was weird like I was asking about her and she got all defensive and said she couldn't tell me" I stated. Beck sighed and kissed my forehead.
"It's probably nothing don't worry about it" Beck assured me.
"I'm gonna head up to bed. you coming up soon?" He asked as he began walking to the stairs.
"Yea I'll be up after I finish these dishes" I said.
"And maybe we can finish what got rudely interupted last night" I winked. Beck smiled then headed up the steps.
The pestering thought of the weird bible, the weird knocking, and Olivia's weird friend made me feel strange. What did she mean by "Allison use to live here?"
It made chills run down my spine. It felt weirder than a normal inaginary friend to me.
I whipped out my phone and began researching normal behaviors for kids with imaginary friends. Her behavior seemed normal which made me feel better but then I got more curious and began researching the Defeo murder case. It said that Ronald Defeo was told by voices in his head that his family were demons so we killed his whole family including his kids Dawn, Marc, John and...Allison.
"What?" I said to myself. I started to feel uneasy again. Olivia's new "friend" was named Allison and there was an Allison that use to live in this house but, she was murdered.
Maybe Olivia happened to see something about the girl somewhere since this story is so well-known around here. Maybe it was just a coincedince?
I felt a shiver run up my spine and that weird sensation that someone was watching me again. I took a deep breath then ran upstairs.
I checked on the kids, Olivia in paticular, then headed to my room.
"Hey babe" Beck smiled.
"Hey" I smiled back and climbed on top of him. Maybe I should clear these troubling thoughts. I pulled my top off and pulled Beck's face to meet mine then I kissed him forcefully. We continued to Kiss and our clothes slowly started to come off completely but my mind was still overpowered with these weird thoughts. Why was Olivia's friend the same name as the girl who died here? Could it be he crazy possiblity that she had a ghost as a friend? That is crazy talk thought.
Beck lifted up my back and thrusted against me and I moaned silently then he kissed my neck as I clawed my hands down his Beck. We continued until we both colasped on the bed panting.
"I love you" Beck whispered then flicked the light off.
"Love you too" I said then gave him a kiss and fell asleep.
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Beck's POV:
"NO!" I screamed as a pool of blood ran down the walls of the bedroom. I got up and desperately tried to open the door but it didn't work. I started to scream but my mouth was covered by a tiny little girl with white ghostly skin and a bloody wound on her head.
I began to panick and bang on the door but all the sound got sucked out of the room and everything was mute. I screamed but no sound came up then the little girl picked up a rifle and pulled the trigger.
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"No" I said as I sat up in bed panting and covered in sweat. It was only a dream. I sighed in relief. I looked over at Jade who was still sound asleep then I desperately tried to catch my breath.
*BANG!*
I jumped out of bed when I heard the bang downstairs. It was loud, so loud that I could not understand why Jade was not awake. I opened the bedroom door and saw the kids still sleeping too.
I took a deep breath then headed down the steps and to the front door that was locked thankfully. I looked around but there was nothing. No animal, no person, nothing was broken. I was puzzled.
I took one more look around then headed upstairs again.
"I need sleep" I said to myself and climbed into bed. rolled on to my side and happen to catch the time out of the corner of my eye.
"3:15 AM" The clock read. That seemed familiar for some reason. I shrugged then closed my eyes and fell asleep.
