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Decision Time
Sarah pounded frantically on the door. She thought it must be
Elizabeth’s door because Elizabeth had just slammed it in Sarah’s
face. Sarah had been trying to explain something to her friend but
Elizabeth had such a hurt look that Sarah could not go on. And
Elizabeth had slammed the door.
But she had to get inside, she had to explain the reason for coming
back to Tillsonburg and why she had lied about Ben. She lifted
her fist to knock again just as the door burst inward to reveal a
glowering Margaret.
“What do you want, Sarah?”
“Margaret, please let me in. I have to tell you something.”
“Go away, Sarah.”
“No, please listen to me. I have no place to go.”
“Go to Ben. Go to your husband.”
“I have no husband, Margaret, and I have no home to go to.”
Margaret began to laugh. She threw her head back and howled
with laughter. The more Sarah pleaded, the harder Margaret
laughed, until the sound became an eerie wail that went on and on
and on ….
Sarah awoke with a start. She sprang to a sitting position in bed,
her heart pounding in her throat. What was that? What had disturbed
her, and more importantly where was she? A faint light from
the window outlined the dressing table and washstand and, as her
eyes registered her surroundings, memory flooded back. But what
had awakened her? Had she been dreaming?
Then she remembered. Margaret had laughed at her … a dreadful
laugh.
Suddenly a wailing sound, like no other Sarah had ever heard…
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