Epiphany

Mariam had been pestering me to explain to her what had happen in the Lingerie Shop, but I have been neglectant to tell her. Honestly I do not know what to tell her, because I do not know what exactly happened, myself. I switched of the lights, and made my way to my bed. I fell on top the bed lie a feather on water...

The wind was getting cooler on my face. I wrapped myself better with my blanket. My legs felt cold, and it was like needles was puncturing into my legs, like I had dipped my legs into cold water. The feeling narrowed up my legs to my thighs, and when it got to my torse, it felt like a frostbitten hand. My eyes opened almost instantly. It was like a dagger to my heart, when I laid my eyes on a dried up creature. It's face had marks, like scars, its eyes was cloudy, the tone of it's skin was like muddy soil, it barely has any hair, it's hair was scanty. "b-beau..ti-ful" it's voice was raspy, yet sharp, almost like a shriek. I couldn't find the voice to scream. It felt like bubbles in my throat, blocking the words from coming out.

I woke up. I was soaked in cold sweat. Was that all a dream? How could it have been? I could swear I felt the hands on my torse, the life threatening fear, I had felt. I could even still feel the fear lingering inside of me. I stood up from my bed and made my way to the mirror. "What is wrong with me?" I asked my reflection. I balled my hand, and placed it on my chest. "What is wrong with me?" I repeated. A faint reflection surfaced on my mirror, I could make out the reflection, but I knew it was familiar to my eyes. I squeezed my eyes shut, and opened them.The reflection was no longer visible. I began thinking to myself. Did I even see anything in the first place?.....

I had worn my Rosy gown, and my milk hat. Today was another day to explore more of Ebyra Fall. Grandmother Victoria was in the kitchen. I was making my the door when-. "Mariam told me you visited Abilene Wicker's Lingerie Shop. Is it true?" I should have known that Mariam is a loud mouth when it comes to Grandmother. I do not even know why I have to explain myself. I came to Ebyra Fall for a reason, and visiting Abilene Wicker Shop, could help me complete my task sooner, as a matter of I am visiting Abilene Wicker Shop as the first place for my exploration of Ebyra fall. "Yes I did" Grandmother came out of the Kitchen, and sat on the cushion. "Carrissa I do not want you going there" I sat down close to her. "Why?" I asked in a very low tone. "When you were there yesterday, did you not feel a certain sense of danger, a-a an epiphany of some kind of evil" I couldn't help but smile.Grandmother and her wild thoughts, and I thought I was the one with a wild imagination. "No Grandmother" she placed her hand on mine. "Since that shop was opened, no one has even seen this Abilene Wicker, people that go there testify that their sense of danger is heightened whenever they are there, but yet they find themselves going back" She added "tell me Carissa do you actually believe that there is nothing wrong with the shop?" Grandmother's question made me feel like I was floating on air. Not because I did not understand the question, but because I honestly did not know how to answer it. I removed my hand from hers. "That is why I am investigating the shop Grandmother" and with that I left the house....

I entered the shop, and the customer awareness bell rang. I removed my hat from head and held it close to my chest. The lady that had welcomed me and Mariam yesterday, walked to me. She was wearing a black long gown, her eye-shadow was the shade ash, her hair was perfectly packed a donut, just like it was yesterday. "Welcome Miss Wintergreen, I was expecting you would return" How did she learn my last name? I did not even introduce my first name yesterday. "How did you know my name?" I asked, but she just began walking forward, ushering me to follow her. "It is a really small town" she said.

She showed me surface of the shop, she didn't take me to the stairs, or to what lies at the end of the shop. We got to where I had seen the beautiful Lingerie yesterday. She paused instantly, and I almost stumbled, because how quickly I had stopped. "Enough tour" she said. About to leave, when a lady came. She was brown skinned. She wore a milk skirt, with a long sleeved milk rosy shirt. "Miss Angela demands she see you" the lady said. The lady that was giving me a tour. They both shared each other a rather scary look, making me feel that small sense of fear, much like yesterday. "Feel free to explore" The lady said before walking away with the other lady. What just happened? Didn't she originally say the tour was over? "ahhhhhh" a loud scream snapped me out of my thoughts. I turned to my side, where my ears caught the scream more. Huh? They was a stair, not so close to me, but close. Funny I did not notice it earlier. "ahhhhhhhhhhhh" the scream came out louder. Without another thought I rushed up the stairs. I rushed up the flight stairs reaching what lays above. It was a door. A wooden door. I thought if returning back down but-. "ahhhhhhhhhh" the scream sounded again, and I immediately badged into the room. My eyes could barely see a thing. My natural instinct was screaming at me to go back down, but I thought of what the scream was. "Elizabeth" a faint voice echoed. My fear heightened, and I grabbed the door knob. I tried to pull the door open, but it wouldn't budge. I pulled harder. "E-Eliza...beth" the voice was more distorted than at first. "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh" this time the scream was more like a little girl's tantrum than a scream of terror. I pulled the door harder, begging and praying it opened. A cold hand grabbed my legs, and pulled me hard on the ground. I was being dragged further backwards. I was yelling, begging, sobbing, clawing my nails on the ground. "please let me go!!!" I screamed, crying. "E-El-iza....beth" the voice was distorted yet sharp, like a shriek. Know matter how hard I was clawing my nails, the pull was too strong. The only thing my brain could process is, is this all that I will be?