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Eden was the first to hear the sound. It sounded more like a ruffle, followed by the creaking sound the floor board at the front of the house made.

At first, he thought that he was only hallucinating, but when Eliana turned to face him with a face filled with fear, he knew that it was anything other than a hallucination.

“Someone is outside”, Eliana said and quickly jerked to her feet. Her heart was beating heavily and beads of sweats were beginning to trickle down her forehead.

She held Eden fiercely as though whatever it was would take her away in a split second.

Eden turned his eyes to the clock and that was when he saw that it was only 1:am.

And then, that was when the knock came. It sounded urgent and immediately, they jolted up and dashed over to the front door.

“Who is it?” Eden said with a deep and coarse voice which he used to suppress the anger that he felt in his heart.

“It’s Arnold’s nanny”, they heard her voice that sounded like a whisper and in a split second, they turne