The House By The River: A Paranormal Horror Novel

Chapter 53

“What was that, babe?”

He almost jumped out of his skin when he heard Emmy’s voice. Lost in his thoughts, Matt did not hear her approach. Her face told him of her feelings about the state of the first floor. Just like him, she did not pursue it. She asked him directly what he found out.

The look on Emmy’s face as Matt related what he found, as he scrubbed through the video, changed almost as fast as the events onscreen. She held on to her husband’s arm while she watched. Matt played the video in standard speed and narrated what he had discovered or think he found for each section. Even the discomfort of his muscles as she tightened her grip did not sway him from telling Emmy the details. She asked to see the last part of the video again before she spoke.

“What do you, I mean, just tell me frankly, what do you remember during the last part?”

“I… I remember getting thrown around. Pinned to the wall. I think when we got thrown to the bed I was already out.”

“Nothing else?”

“Nothing else.