Narrow Escape

Are you accustomed to the excitement that fills your mind and body when you run downstairs on Christmas morning, excitedly head over to the beautiful little tree in the corner of the living room to open your presents?

You and your family exchanging warm smiles, drinking hot cocoa, and the love that spreads all over when you open up your present and it's something you wanted to have. You're filled with joy and happiness, so much that it can barely be contained.

This isn't what our group of friends felt when they were preparing to open up the box. They weren't filled with excitement or joy, quite the opposite. They were terrified, they were unprepared for what they were about to do at that particular moment.

"Go on. Do it!" Nelly said to an already tense Darryl.

"Would you relax, Nels? I'm going to open it." Darryl said.

He put the key into the hole but his hand just wouldn't turn it.

"You're worried about the curse, aren't you?" Jennifer asked.

He stared at her but remained silent. He
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