Scary Short Stories

10. Alexis

So a while back my Mom lived in this house on Brindley Mountain(Alabama). The landlord to the place was super anal about making sure they did no remodeling or repairs....he wanted NOTHING changed. It was odd to say the least.

After a while my mom and her BF started saying they think the place was haunted by the ghost of a small girl.

They said sometimes they would see the shadow of a girl walk from room to room. Or hear playing in the back when nobody was back there. And sometimes it sounded like a small child was sobbing but couldn't tell where from.

Me being an atheist at the time, I kinda blew it off. I was like "yeah...right...haha

So anyway. This was towards the end of me and Ex's relationship. When we split up, I started living with my mom until I got on my feet.

We shared custody of our daughter, Alexis, 50/50. So one week she'd stay with me until Friday, and then she'd go to my Ex's until the following Friday, and then she'd come back with me. She was about 2 going on 3 at the time.

It was Saturday night and I was on the computer. It's probably like 2 in the morning. I'm just surfing music.

The computer desk was in the kitchen facing a wall, and on that same wall was the doorway that led to the den and the bedrooms, so if anyone came out of bed to get something from the kitchen then they would walk right passed me.

Alexis was always getting up in the night and getting into trouble. She'd raid the fridge or knock something over while climbing up on something.

She liked to get up in the night and raid the kitchen because she knew everyone was asleep and she could get away with it.

So as I said before, this night I happened to be up at 2 am on the computer. I see Alexis sneak into the kitchen with my peripheral vision and she froze when she saw me. And just stood there.

I didn't look at her or pay her attention. I figured she had seen me...she knows she's caught....hopefully she will go back to bed and go to sleep without me having to make a big deal of it.

So she stands there for about 3 minutes, and I can see her the whole time but I make a point not to look at her so she will just go back to bed.

She eventually turns and walks back towards the bedroom. It was dark in the room....but I could still see her turn and leave.

Everything was dead silent after that. So after about 15 minutes, I got that feeling in my gut that

I need to check on her because she's probably up to no good...in 15 minutes I should have heard her climb back in bed or rustle through toys. Hearing absolutely nothing normally meant she was trying to be quiet for a reason.

Every parent gets that sick feeling in their stomach when their kid is up to no good, and I got that feeling so I got up to check on her.

I stood up and walked into the next room that led to the bedrooms. And it was pitch black...couldn't see a thing. And that's when it hit me....

Alexis was with my Ex that night, not with me. I had been used to her being there all week that it just slipped my mind.

So the girl I saw, wasn't her...

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