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cookie. too."

She looked at the table. I hadn't cleared it vet. "I'll make some room for us. It will be our first

meal together." she said. smiling. "I'll tell you all

about Hearts and Flowers, too. The peaches," she

reminded me when I didn't move. She smiled and

nodded at the doorway.

Peaches and cream sounded like a dessert not a

meal. I thought, but I didn't want to b

e impolite, so I

went to the basement door. She poked her head out of

the kitchen.

"Oh. Jordan, the light switch is on your right." she said. "Be careful. My cousin Arnold fell down those stairs and broke his ankle when he was ten. He was always a careless person, and eventually he got hit by a car and died. It was so long ago. I can't remember the exact day, but I still have a letter Emma sent me. She wrote. 'Arnold was hit by a car and died.' That's all she wrote and the date, of course. Emma always puts the date on her letters so we can look at it when we want and know exactly when they were

sent."

She pulled back into the kitchen. and I searched

for the light switch. A single dangling weak bulb

seemed to struggle to throw enough of a glow down

the stairway. There were so many cobwebs along the

walls and rafters that it looked like spiders had woven

the wallpaper. I certainly wasn't happy about going

down the stairs. The steps felt like they were on the

verge of cracking as I descended. I was practically on

tiptoe to keep from placing all my weight down on

them.

The switch at the top of the stairway controlled

another dangling lightbulb below. Although weak, it

did clearly show me the shelves. They were filled

with jars of peaches, tomatoes and onions, as she had

said. Just as I plucked one off the shelf. I heard the sound of a girl laughing, Then I heard some muffled conversation and looked toward the left, where there

was another door.

Who was down here?


Tags: V.C. Andrews Early Spring Horror