Back to where it started

I had stop my thoughts about past as the Cambinton's railway station have reached finally! Still thinking about that night when I ran away, brings chills throughout my body. Train stopped, I got down, Cambinton have changed over seven years. I had taken two suitcases with me, I left other thing with Jane as to assure her that I will come back. I booked a ride to Macwary villa, when I asked him first, I could see the terror in his eyes and was unwilling to go at first but pay was tempting so he agreed.

As we went, he started talking "Miss, my name is John, I have been living in this village since I was born. I know everything about this place so can I ask you something?"

"yeah, you can" I replied

"why are you going to that place? Did you buy that villa?" he asked.

"I'm going to stay maybe, I don't know!"

"Miss! Don't you that place is haunted?"

"mmm" I said

He looked at me unbelievably.

"Miss, seven years ago whole Macwary family was found dead in mysterious ways"

"moreover, some people have seen someone looking from the window whenever they passed by the villa, so nowadays nobody goes that way! People say it's cursed"

He kept on talking about the Macwary and tried to persuade me not to go.

We reached outside the villa sun was already about to set, it's was looking dark and scary, truely a ghost houses as John said.

There were cross on the gate and many rosary hanged on the gate.

I walked toward to the gate, suddenly the mail box have fallen in front of me, as if it was trying blocking me from going inside.

When I looked at the fallen box, there was a letter in it, which had my name written on it. I took the letter from down and open it.

"Katherine Macwary,

If you find this letter when you come back, please don't ignore this. I'm Father Francis Xavier, I was asked by Father Benadict to come here to help your family, but when I reached here there was nothing left so I placed a holy rosary on the gate and locked it. I know you are alive when I came in the morning and found other bodies.

Please don't go inside the villa, you know why yourself so inform Father Benadict about your arrival, then I will come to meet you. Till then stay somewhere safe.

Fr. Francis Xavier. "

I don't know him, but what he is said was for my own good. So I decided to go to Father Benadict.

" John, let's go to the church"

"okay Miss" saying that he put my baggage inside his truck.

They left to the church to meet Father Benadict.

As they left that shadow was still looking at the gate from the window with disappointment that Katherine left. It was still waiting for her comeback so it could taste her blood.

It was already night when I reached the church, I went to chapel where Fr. Benadict stayed and knocked on the door.

He open the and was so happy to see me again.

"Katherine" he called me, he looked older than before.

"yes, Father"

"I can believe you came back, I thought you would never!"

"How can I not Father?"

"where are you going to stay? Don't tell me you are going to your villa"

"at first that was my plan, but I found this letter when I reached there from Fr. Francis Xavier"

" come and sit inside dear" he said without replying "isn't that John?"

"Yes Father"

"it's cold outside, can you go and tell him to come inside, till then I will make some tea".

I walked out to the truck

"John, father is calling you"

He rushed when I told.

We both sat at the table and Fr. Benadict brought us some tea.

"John"

"yes father" John replied.

"don't your family run a guesthouse in your house?"

"yes, Father"

"I want you to let Miss. Katherine stay there"

"But Father" I hesitate

Ignoring my hesitant he continued "John tell your father that I insist"

"okay father" John nodded.

"Katherine I want you to stay there till Fr Xavier could come. I couldn't save your family now all I can do is to keep you safe" I saw regret in his eyes. "I told you not to come here but why are you back"

"all these years I tried to forget everything but their faces kept on haunting me day and night. I tried to move on but my guilt of leaving them that night kept growing. I came back to destroy that what destroyed my family, I can't find peace till then"

"I can understand you dear but I can't let you go there"

"don't worry father I will stay somewhere else till Fr. Xavier comes"

"did you know that we buried you your parents and brother?"

"yes, Mr. Alfred told me" tears filled my eyes

"I told your mother that Fr. Xavier would come to help but when Fr. Xavier's apprentice and I had reached there we could only find dead body of your mom in the front, she was brutally torn apart into pieces. Then we found your brother's and father's body from where we found Matthew's but yours were missing. Then we saw the rosary on the front door. That made me feel you would be alive. We didn't open the villa till now because we didn't want that thing to escape from there. It is still waiting for you, do you know that?"

"I'm also waiting Father!" I claimed

"Now don't do anything stupid! you know Mr. Thomas Walden right?" I nodded my reply.

"John is Thomas's son, they run a small inn in there house, you can stay there till Fr. Xavier comes. You have already went to villa so that thing knows you are here so dear don't go there till we come no matter what! Understood?"

"yes father" I ensured him.

We had the tea he made then I and John left the chapel to John's house.