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closed my eyes.

 
     
    ❃ CHAPTER 4 ❃
     
     
     
       “ P ffft!”
     
       I opened my eyes and saw Brent leaning over the windowsill blowing out a candle.
       “You shouldn’t leave candles like that, Sam,” he said.  “The whole house will burn to the ground.”
       I started to say I didn’t until I realized that it involved too much explanation, so I said nothing.  I sat up and pushed my pink fuzzy blanket off of me and sat up.
       “Sorry if I startled you but I rang the doorbell and no one answered, and you said to let myself in, so....here I am.”  He pulled off his jacket, revealing a sweater and jeans underneath.  It was amazing how we had picked out almost the same outfits that morning.
       “Mom’s not downstairs?” I asked.
       “We’re all alone,” he said.
       That’s what you think , I thought but I said, “Huh, that’s strange.  They must be out somewhere.”
       “Did you want to show me your software again?” he asked.
       “Oh.”  I took a deep breath.  “I was going to show it to you, in fact, I know it was something I promised you over the phone, but....”
       “Are you okay?  I just now noticed it, but...there’s a bloody washcloth on your head.”  Mesmerized, he picked it up and turned it over and over in his fingers.  “It’s soaked.  Holy shit, what happened?  Should I call an ambulance?”  He put down the washcloth on my pink bedspread, then turned the back of my head towards his face and ran his fingers over its sticky gash, causing me to wince.  “Sorry.  I had to look.  What happened to you after I called?”
     
       I told him about the black-haired man who had jumped into the shower with me and choked me while I bathed.
       “Wait...he choked you?” Brent asked incredulously.  He pulled the neckline of my sweatshirt slightly away from my neck and gasped.
       “Is it that bad?” I asked.  I hadn’t assumed there were any marks there.
       “There’s bruises all over you.  Maybe you shouldn’t leave the front door unlocked anymore.  What did the police say?  Did he just disappear after he attacked you?”
       “ He disappeared alright.” 
       Brent didn’t catch the double meaning.
       “Are they going to find him?” he asked.
       “They can’t find him because He ’s not human.  When I said He disappeared, I meant....poof, He vanished into thin air, like a magician.  I was attacked by a ghost.”  My head hurt, and I closed my eyes for a minute.
       “No.  That’s just not possible.  No ghost could have possibly done this.  No one has those kinds of abilities after death.  This was no ghost.  Someone broke into your house and attacked you.  My God, you haven’t called the police, yet?”
       “I told you....”
       “There’s nothing they can do?  Because your attacker wasn’t of this world?  That’s ridiculous.  You aren’t thinking clearly.  You have a...a head wound.  You’re not remembering things right, the way they really happened.  All the better reason to call the authorities.  This guy, he might’ve done some actual damage.  Do you feel alright?”
       “I’m fine!”  I don’t know why I yelled, but my voice sounded louder than I had intended for it to be.  I began to stand up, but my legs shook badly, and I collapsed on the floor.
       Brent watched me with an slightly amused expression on his face.  “No, you’re not,” he said quietly.
       Frustrated, I began to cry.  “You don’t believe me!”  Tears rolled down my face as I sat crumpled up on the cold, hard floor.  The lace curtains swayed back and forth across the closed window.
       “Don’t be ridiculous,” Brent replied quietly.  “It’s just that if someone could have possibly snuck into your house....and he’s still out there, he might try to get in here again.  And you haven’t told anyone.  Look, I’m sorry you’re upset.”  He lifted me off the