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Another update coming up.

Adanna28:
Always been a fan of your literature stories Obim well deserved

Thanks a lot Nkem.....Love you.

Chapter 4 - An urgent Message
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Marie arrived the pawn shop and was surprised to see a long queue in wait. Probably they were all peeps like her who were in real need of money for the Christmas, so she had to stand in line and wait her turn. The queue finally got to her turn and as she brought out her wares for weighing, that was when she noticed the handsome lad standing behind the barricaded receiving counter. He was quite young to be a pawn broker and Marie was sure the lad was in his mid twenties and looked quite rugged with a hard cheekbone which accentuated the contours of his face. He was definitely of Spanish decent, she could guess from his facial looks and accent. He raised his head to look at her and oh!....those cute blue eyes of his pierced into her soul. He seemed to notice his effect on Marie and smiled broadly revealing his set of pure white dentition and Marie could feel her palms sweat in the winter as she also admired his broad and hairy chest which had been exposed by his open cotton shirt. Dãmn it! He was hot.

"Can I have your wares ma'am?" he said extended his hand through the pigeon hole and Marie gave him the leather bag. "Thank you", he said with a sense of professionalism before turning to weigh the items. The chime of the weigh startled Marie (who was lost in fantasy land) back to reality and the lad withdrew some few dollars from an adjoining counter and handed it over to her. She extended her hand almost immediately and more by accident, the lad's hand brushed hers and she jerked, feeling a shiver down her spine. Though she couldn't really explain how she felt, it was a good feeling as she noticed herself smiling at the lad.

"The name is Lance" he said.

"Oh, Lance. I'm Marie" she replied pocketing the money. "Take care" and she turned and left the pawn shop. If there was one thing she was sure of, it was the fact that Lance had just flirted with her and she had loved every bit of it without feeling any guilt in respect to her husband.




*** 2 Week Later (December 20) ***



It was past 12 midnight when the muffled chiming began. It kept going on and on and on till little Emily heard it and got out of bed. It sounded like a toy carousel and she had always longed for one, but couldn't have it because her mum was too broke to get one for her. Probably Santa was here to grant her wish with her most cherished toy. Putting on her slippers, she stepped out of her room.




The whole house was silent and dark except for the carousel which kept chiming and the little flame of the candle, at the end of the corridor, which kept dancing in the mild wind. Suddenly she saw a shadow, which was cast by the candle flame, run down the stairs and accompanied by eerie giggles and thumping footsteps. The childish giggles kept echoing down the stairway as she inquisitively followed behind. For a moment she felt a chilly sensation run down her spine as her heart raced in fear. But the sweet music of the carousel kept drawing her closer, and she picked up the candle and found her way downstairs.




She was now at the sitting room and she could hear the footsteps and the giggles heading farther towards the basement and the chiming carousel seemed to be coming from there as well. Holding the candle forward, she headed towards the sound that had woken her that night.




The basement panel was already open when she got there, and the chiming music had suddenly stopped. But the eerie sounds kept coming from inside. Emily climbed down the basement stairs quietly and carefully, as she knocked off cobwebs shrouding the stairway. On stepping on the dusty floor, she began to sneeze as dust filled the stuffy air. The basement reeked of age and a spooky feeling indescribable by man. And for an unknown reason, Emily's childish mind sensed she was not the only none there. So she raised her candle above her head as her eyes hovered around the over crowded space and she saw the tiny carousel, looking all dusty and lying on a paper box. In that moment, glee filled her eyes and she walked towards the box to pick up the toy when she noticed someone sitting by the dark corner of the basement wall. Her heart skipped beats instantly.




The figure looked like a little girl, barely older than Emily with dark hair like hers and she wore a white nightie. She sat with her back to the wall, her legs drawn up to her chest, and hands cuddled up as her head rested on her knees. She was motionless and strange looking.

"Hello....who are you?" Emily asked in a shaky voice. The figure didn't reply nor move as Emily dropped the carousel in her hands.

"My name is Emily. What's your name??...."

Emily was now drawing closer, her hands shaky and trembling as she came to stand few inches away from the sitting figure to notice her muddy feet, her wet hair and dripping-wet gown. In concern for her state Emily forgot all her fears and squatted before the figure, casting her candle light as the figure now rocked her head from side to side humming an old western mourning song.

"What happened to you?" Emily asked. "Do you live....."

Suddenly the figure swiftly raised her head, revealing her bloodied scarred face and popping white eyes, Emily gasped in shock. All she could hear was a howling whisper:

"Run Emily! Run! Run!"

In that brief moment of fright, Emily gave a loud shrill and passed out.

Update coming up today. Had a very bad network. My apologies.

Randyhot:
Op after i dont see you in the next 15 minutes, i will start wrappin my bini weed right here, come laveda and sexytemi i go have 3some with ya'll, make una go buy that thing from chemist come back jare.

Loool

gwenj:
Ooohhpee were are u neh?Come update abeg,u can't fit leave us like dis!

Shey you don see the update.

eROCK247:
I think I'm going to love this...following.

Thanks a lot pal.

Idydarling:
nice story op, updates abeg

An update just came in dear.

tuzle:
op see what u have caused now, i no fit go toilet go urinate and piss dey catch me die

Abeg try.

phantomiced:
op. you got me hooked and walked away?? why evuls

No bro. I just updated.

hfinest1:
everyone is here except me... even the chief himself, chief lalasticlal... the bashorun of Nairaland kingdom... this looks promising... make i pitch my tent here


in other news: labaski you fall my hand... you see confam Tory like this, u no fit mention hfinest1 make i come follow u gbadun... u dey gbadun alone... diaris God in everything you're doing


eniqurl will surely love this story

You're welcome bro.

sade1:
Doctor goodie goodie, hope we won't have to wait long hours for the updates of this...BTW wasup with our other two stories, you on FP already here oh, so no shigbin shigbin

My dear I was surprised to see it on FP oo. The other threads are still rolling.

tgmservice:
The only horror am going to go through is reading this long thrash

Thanks a lot. Atleast you opened it.

MightyFortress:
Fearville.....funny name

Lol

zzzzy:
I'm scared of reading this.

Don't be bro. It's just a story.

Laveda:
Seriously I'm following this ....
Sinizia, let's go through this together

I'll hold you.

Sexytemi:
spooky........and pls op don't keep us waiting for long oo....following sha bumper to bumper.

I just dropped an update.

vivaciousvivi:
Finally, a good old fashioned horror story. Following..

Thanks dearie.

kobonaire:
Interesting read .... @Goodheart02 Is this your original work?

Yes bro.