That Horror Night (Short Story) ✔️

Part 2

I go through the motion of tucking the
Covers around him once more and stand to leave, but his small hand pulls me back . " What did you hear when you were little? "

" Nothing really, "

"But you said - "

Annoyed, I spout , " footsteps and voices. And when I screamed for my parents, they didn't hear me - didn't come. "

It was more than I'd meant to say,
and he has latched tighter to my hand. Hurriedly, I add ," But nothing happened. Because it was just my imagination. "

"Oh. "

A hug and a kiss and another, and finally I'm able to close his bedroom
door.