When i left them alone that night, alone with the storm, the old house and their, as it seemed irrational fear I already knew it. Somewhere deep in my mind I already knew I left them to die.
But....let me start from the beginning.
The day started of like any other day in my life. I woke up clocklike at 5:30 am.
I fed my dog, had breakfast and the headed out to work.
On my way to the police department i had my first cup of coffee that day and arrived on time at 6:00 am.
Unfortunately I still needed to file the paperwork of a case, I had successfully closed the week before, so while everyone else was leaving the department to investigate their cases I was stuck at my desk with a whole day of boredom to look forward to.
Time seemed to be frozen and even my second and third cup of coffee couldn`t keep me more than half awake.It wasn`t till afternoon, when we got the call.
Sophie, who picked up the phone started making gestures in our direction to convey us, to be silent. From one moment to another I was wide awake and tried to understand what the conversation was about.
"Yes.......Ok........look I need to know where you are....." Sophie started looking less and less calm as she waited fort the answer. Finally she put the phone down and came over to my desk.
"What happened?" I asked, and sounded a little bit to enthusiastic.
"A little boy just called. He said he is alone at home with his younger sister and that there is somebody in their living room. I told them to stay in their room, to lock the door and to wait for us. You need to go there....now!"
I nodded slowly as I looked through the empty office.
"ok." I answered "But who am i going to take with me we are not allowed to investigate possible crime scenes alone and you need to stay here in case somebody else calls. Isn`t anybody nearby, who could look after the kids
Sophie shook her head "I am going to send Joseph and Marry but it`s going to take a while until they are there. You need to leave immediately."
On my way out i grabbed my coat my batch and my gun, then I opened the door and raced to the nearest car.
It was a cold autumn day and the wind was blowing fat, black clouds over the dark sky.
I started the car as i tried to memorize the address Sophie had given me.
Blackwood-drive 28. That wasn`t far from where I lived I thought as I pulled out the driveway.
Blue lights flashing I speeded through the town and arrived only 5 minutes later.
Blackwood-drive 28 was a big old house with beautiful garden and a high iron fence with nasty spikes on top of it. The gate wasn`t locked and I could enter without any problems unfortunately neither was the door.
I felt my hand clenching around the cold metal of my gun and my whole body was tensed when I pushed the door open and entered the house.
I made my way through the dark floor but the only thing I could hear was the wind blowing outside and the raindrops falling on the roof.
Then i heard something from the living room. Some sort of scratching sound getting louder and louder. I could hear my own heart beating like it was trying to break out of my chest.
"Freeze" I shouted as i kicked open the door oft he living room.
But i wasn`t pointing my gun at a housebreaker. I was pointing my gun at the terrified family cat who sought cover behind the big red living room couch.
I took deep breath and shook my head in resignation. Probably the had cat made the sounds that scared the kids and made them call the police.
I put my gun away and went upstairs to talked to the kids.
At first they didn`t want to let me in but after I explained to them, that i was the police officer they called they opened the door.
Both of them looked like they just saw the devil himself and the little girl, who might have been seven or eight years old even hugged me when I entered the room.
"You need to stay here tonight, so the evil man doesn`t come back!" she squeaked in her high pitched voice and looked at me with tears in her big brown eyes.
I couldn`t help but laugh about the two of them "There is no evil man in your house. You just left the door open and your cat made noise in your living room"
"No" the boy suddenly said pointing his finger at something on the floor.
"I saw him, this man was in our house."
I looked at the the spot, the boy was pointing at. A few cards of a card game where lying there.
The little boy picked one oft he cards up and showed it to me. "I saw him!" he screamed.
The card showed a man in a brown coat with pale white skin and black hair. His creepy smile exposed a mouth full of rotten teeth and on his right hand he only had 3 fingers.
His bloodshot eyes seemed to stare right into my soul.
"Who gave this to you?" I asked Give it to me. This is nothing for kids your age." I took the card from the boy and put it into m pocket. "No wonder you are scared. When are your parents going to come back?"<br/>
"At 7" the little girls answered well-behaved.
I took a look at my watch. "Ok it is 5:30. I am going to look in the whole house and then you don`t have tob e scarred anymore. Alright?"<br/>
After a moment of silence both oft hem noded. "What are your names?"
"I am Tommy and this is Jil" the boy answered and pointed at his little sister.
"Ok Tommy. I am going to look around and then you and your sister can feel safe again."
Of course I didn`t find anything, but when I left the house it still felt a little bit strange. I think deep down a part of me knew, what was going to happen.
Later that evening Joseph and Marry returned to the police department. I was busy again with my paperwork but i sensed that something wasn`t right.
They seemed to be tense and talked to Sophie about something I couldn`t understand.
I finished my paperwork and left the office early that day because i started to feel sick.
On my way home i decided to drive by Blackwood-drive and check if everything went well.
Well.....it didn`t
When i drove down the street the first thing I saw was the ambulance, then the police car and finally.....the hearse.;
Ive never been a religious man but in this second I started praying even though i knew it wasn`t going to change anything anymore.
I couldn`t bring myself to exiting the car. Finally i drove home and tried to forget it.
Everybody fucks up s at their job sometimes.......am I right?
Only thing is...yesterday i started hearing a scratching sound from my bathroom.
"I don`t own a cat. And the card i took from the kids is nowhere to be found. Whatever kind of game this is supposed to be...i dont`t want to play it......please
