I reached the top of the stairs just ahead of Raven. Looking down I
saw my son by the front door. He glanced round, seeing me, then
turned sharply to look closer at the wall, or at least that's how it
looked to me.
“'Scuse me, Mary,” Raven said as he pushed past me, descending
quickly to join Robert. Sad to say I'm not that spry any longer, so
I followed behind at my own pace.
“What is it lad, what did you see?” Raven asked as he joined my
boy.
“Nothing,” Robert replied, almost absent mindedly, “I haven't
seen anything, but I keep hearing...” His voice trailed away to
silence.
“Yes?” Raven asked, “What do you hear?”
That's when I saw a movement. I was halfway down when, just for a
second, something flashed between the two of them, moving towards the
back of the house.
“There!” I shouted, pointing, “It's going towards the kitchen!”
“What is it?” Raven shouted as they both turned together, “What
did you see?” They both set off down the hall.
“I don't know,” I called back, trying to hurry down the last
steps. I reached the bottom just in time to see them collide with
Edward and Oak as they stumbled up from the cellar.
