Behind the shadows.

Alex Waynee's steps were heavy, his weight making the floorboard creak.

His heart throbbing fast, he turns and looks back in the room, and for a moment he thought he didn't see Sandra on the bed.

Scrubbing his eyes hard, he gazed again and this time he realized that his eyes were just deceiving him. She was just stretching and rolling to the other side of the bed.

Taking a deep breath of relief, he continued on his way to the kitchen downstairs.

'For a moment, I thought this house was haunted.' His thoughts were on a rampage as he navigated his way downstairs.

The flickering of the curtains and clattering sounds he heard added to the spookiness of the moment.

His hands and feet wobbled as he took cautious steps down the stairs.

Looking at the cage that housed the parrot, it was wide open.

'What is going on here?' His thoughts raced.

Stopping in his tracks, His eyebrows up furrowed in bewilderment as he saw a shadow cast on the wall, he couldn't decipher who or what it was.

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