The Footsteps — Theodora Dubois

SOUNDS OF MADNESS

Joan was alone in her parent's home when a sound made her heart sound. Something was moving. She could hear the sound of faint footsteps
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She rushed into the room and searched frantically through the closet -- no one was there. Then she heard the sound again. Fighting hysteria, she summoned all her courage and went to search her parents' room. She felt at ease when she found nothing in her mother's closet. She opened to door to her father's closet. There, in the shadows, crouched by the hanging suits, was a figure…