The Haunted_Edit Copy 4-7-17

Richard and Daisy both sat down and listened to my story. I
fumbled a lot, especially the part about how he’d physically hurt me,
but Gunner told me they needed to know every last detail. Once I
was done, I felt like a balloon that someone had just popped as I sat
back against their dining room chair.
The couple looked at each other, then back at me. It was
Daisy who spoke first. “Okay, Chelsea. First of all, you were right
to come to us with this. I don’t think your theory is unwarranted.”
I’d never seen her look nervous before.
“Whatever was in the Johanssons’ house was definitely
dangerous. I’ve checked in with them twice since we’ve been there
and they’ve had no more activity. So it would make sense that the
entity attached itself to someone else. We can’t assume it’s a demon;
it might be some other inhuman spirit or just a really nasty human
spirit. But if it’s using Tucker, then we need to help him.” Richard’s
eyes were the color of tombstones.
“Human spirits can do that, too?” I asked.
He nodded. “If they’re strong enough. I think I’m going to
give my friend Craig a call. He’s a demonologist and he will be able
to tell us if he thinks he should come out for a visit or not based on
what you’ve described.”
Daisy raised her index finger. “Oh! Do you think we should
call Ethan and Susannah first? They’re good friends with Tucker.
Maybe they’ve noticed other strange things about him in the past
few weeks.”
Within the hour, Ethan and Susannah both showed up on the
doorstep. They walked inside looking thoroughly concerned. On the
phone, Daisy hadn’t told them exactly what was wrong, just that it
was very important.
The five of us sat down again around the dining room table.
Normally, Susannah would greet me with a hug, but she barely even
looked at me when she took the seat beside me.
Richard looked to me, and I relayed the story again, this time
exempting the part about the violence. Tucker’s best friends didn’t
need to hear about our sex life gone horribly wrong. They weren’t
the ones deciding if we should call an exorcist or not.
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