Next they found the stairs which led up into the attic. Though they felt a chill of foreboding, they began to climb the stairs. As they approached the top, through the railing they saw Jennifer and JoAnne standing quietly and calmly with their backs towards the stairs. As the friends were about to call out to the twins their voices were suddenly frozen in their throats by the sight they now beheld.
There upon the floor layed out neatly and peacefully in a row were Andrew, Harriet, Andy and Mark. For one brief moment it seemed they were asleep. Then the twins turned to face them and the friends saw held in each of the twins hands a beating heart.
The five friends ran screaming from the house. As they approached the center of the town a crowd began to gather around them to find what had frightened them so. It took quite some time for them to get the story from the frightened children.
The Sheriff thought that it was most likely a prank played upon the kids, but gathered up four men to accompany him to the Somerville house. There they found, just as the children had described, Andrew, Harriet, Andy, and Mark. They were all dead, but there was no blood and not a mark on them anywhere. They looked as though they were merely peacefully sleeping, but they would never awaken again. There was no trace of the twins to be found.
In his study at his home, the local doctor poured himeself a stiff whiskey with a shaking hand and then in another glass he poured another. He turned and handed the other glass to the sheriff. He raised his glass to his lips and drank it swiftly down. He stood there for a moment longer, then turned and went to pour himself another. He sat in a chair facing the sheriff and told him with his eyes haunted and voice quavering what he had discovered upon his examination of the Somerville family.
"As you observed, there were no wounds, nor did they display any indication of trauma. It occurred to me that perhaps they might have been poisoned, but upon closer examination, I believe that I have discovered the cause of their deaths, but not the means. Each of them were missing their heart. There were no cuts on any of their bodies, no scars, no evidence at all of how such a thing could possibly have been done."
They say the Somerville house is haunted. On every All Hallows Eve you can see Andrew, Harriet, Andy, and Mark roaming through the house searching, searching for that which they will never find. You can also hear the sound of evil, devillish laughter that sends chills up and down your spine. |
