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when
you turn off the light.”
    “We’ve been trying to wean her off a nightlight,” Barbara
said. “It’s been hard.”
    “Do you usually sleep with the light on?” Roy asked.
    “Sometimes,” Georgina said. “Those are the nights she doesn’t
bother me.”
    “What does she do, when she visits you?” Steven asked.
    “She stands by my bed and stares at me,” Georgina said,
losing her smile. “I try closing my eyes, but when I open them, she’s still
standing there.”
    “You mean right here, where I’m standing?” Steven asked.
    “No, closer,” Georgina said, pointing to a spot right next to
her bed.
    “And does she just stare at you?” Steven asked.
    “Usually,” Georgina said. “If I try to hide under the covers
or anything like that, she laughs at me.”
    “Does she ever try to hurt you?” Steven asked.
    “If I get out of bed, she chases me,” the little girl
replied. “So I just stay in bed and try to sleep. It’s hard with her staring at
me. She looks mean.”
    “Has anything else happened to you in this room? Anything
odd, or strange?” Steven asked.
    Georgina shook her head no. “Just her.”
    “Thank you, honey,” Barbara said. “Are you hungry yet?”
    “No,” Georgina replied.
    The three adults left the bedroom and walked back down the
stairs. “At first we didn’t believe her,” Barbara said as they descended the
steps. “None of us have seen the girl. But we hear noises up there. Sometimes
they’re loud bangs, noises Georgina couldn’t make on her own. Both Brad and I
have heard two people moving up there, when we knew May was downstairs. Once I
had my run in with the spiders, and Brad saw the man in her room, we stopped
telling her she was imagining things.”
    “Barbara?” a voice came from downstairs. “Barbara, can I see
you for a minute?”
    Barbara gave Steven and Roy an impatient look, then said,
“Excuse me, I better see what he wants.” She left them on the second floor
landing and walked down to the main floor.
    “Father Wynan thought it was centered around the girl,”
Steven said to Roy. “But both Barbara and her husband have seen things on their
own.”
    “They may be connected to the girl,” Roy replied. “The man
Brad saw was in the girl’s room.”
    “And if Barbara thought the spiders came from the ceiling,
that’s Georgina’s room right above,” Steven added.
    “If she’d be willing to let us explore a bit, I’d like to
drop into the River and see how the place looks, especially the child’s room.”
    Barbara came back up the stairs. “They’re going to try something
in about an hour, and they want everyone out of the house when they do it. Talk
about a pain in the ass!”
    “Barbara, would you mind if we did a bit of exploring between
now and then?” Roy asked. “Poke around a bit, see what we might find?”
    “Sure, go ahead,” she said, walking into the master bedroom
to retrieve the coffee pot. “Just keep in mind we have to be out soon. Who
knows what they’re going to do; probably turn on some device that will fry us
all!”

Chapter Three
     
     
     
    “This is as good a place as any,” Roy said as they walked
around the back of the house. He looked up at the windows, locating the one
that belonged to Georgina’s room. Then he walked to a set of outdoor chairs,
brushed the spider webs from one, and sat in it. “Let’s just drop in and see
what we can see.” Steven joined him, brushing off the other chair and sitting
down.
    They let themselves drift into the River, and Steven followed
Roy as he ascended to the level of Georgina’s room. Then they passed through the
wall and into the house.
    Inside the room appeared quiet. Georgina was still playing
with dolls on her bed.
    Nothing, Steven thought.
    Well, their retelling of events did seem episodic, Roy replied. Georgina only
reported the girl appearing when it was dark, for example.
    They moved down through the rest of the house, looking for
any sign of