Nightmare House

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We moved into an old, but much larger house. It was once white, but needed painting badly. The wood floors took lots of scrubbing and sweeping to get clean. We finally got all of our possessions moved in and had a chance to sit down and relax for a moment, and enjoy the quiet of our new home. A knock came at the door. Just three loud rapping noises. I went to the door, and there was an elderly African-American lady standing there. Her eyes were white with cataracts, and I wondered how she could manage to find the door at all. As I opened the door, she pushed by me and led herself to the sofa. She pointed her eyes in my direction, and said, "I am here to talk to you about the others before you." Now I normally would have thought those words meant that she wanted to chat about the previous owners, and the things she didn't like about them as neighbors, followed by the rules of the neighborhood. Something in her chilling tone though, left me to believe otherwise. "You see," she began, and was quickly interrupted by another loud knock on the door, followed by a blood curdling scream. I went to the door once again, and found a young woman lying on the porch holding her belly. She was obviously in labor and just about to give birth. I helped her inside, and laid some plastic garbage bags on the floor, and eased her down onto them. I was asking her questions, but it was obvious she did not speak my language. I did get that her name was Mary. The baby was born, and I handed him to his mother, and wrapped them in blankets. Just then, the old woman stood up and started shouting something about the glory of God, righteousness, sinners and Hell. The house started to go up in flames, and rafters and beams were beginning to fall around us all. I could see a way out, and someone on the other side of the doorway was yelling "Cindi! Cindi! Get out! Get up!" "Cindi! It's time to get up!" I realized my eyes were closed. I quickly opened them, and was staring up at my bedroom ceiling, in my own bed. I don't think I will move anytime soon.