THE STRANGE PRESENCE IN MY HOUSE

Image was generated by Meta AI

As Leslie walked down the hallway, she had this weird feeling that someone was watching her, she could literally feel eyes all over her body but she tried not to think about it because it was probably in her head or maybe it was one of those paranormal documentaries she watched that was playing out in her head and besides it was the first time she felt like that since they moved here two weeks ago. Her cousins were around so it could have been them playing pranks on her so she just retired to her room without giving much thought to it.

Leslie decided to go to the bathroom to prepare for her nightly skincare routine. It wasn't long after entering the bathroom and she turned on the tap that she heard a scream, it turned out it was her mom screaming into the phone because she got news from her place of work and she had to go there immediately.

"Leslie!!!....do not stay long in that bathroom and make sure your cousins go to bed early", she shouted as she was going out the door.
"Mehh", Leslie said and shrugged her shoulders. She didn't want any disturbance so she quickly went across the hallway to their room to put her cousins to bed first before going back to continue her routine. She couldn't wait to try out the product she bought earlier that day. She heard it could make a person's face smoother than a baby's bottom.

On the way back to her room, Leslie heard the sounds of running across the floor not far from her cousins' room. It couldn't have been them, they fell asleep immediately their faces hit the bed but she decided to check as the running increased. She crept to the door so as to catch them red handed if they were to be the ones but they were fast asleep when she opened the door, nothing was different from the way it was a few minutes ago when she was there. By now, the running has subsided .
"Hmmph.... it might be rats" , she said as she left for her room.

When she got to her room, she changed into her night robe and started applying the product she bought on her face, it felt cool and so she decided to leave it and lay down for a little while before she washes it off. Immediately she fell asleep, she could hear someone call out her name repeatedly.
"Lesliee, Lesliee, Lesliee" , the raspy voice whispered.It was so close to her face that she felt the person was laying next to her, she opened her eyes and saw a shadowy figure peering down at her with red glowing eyes and a very sly smile. That's when she sprang up, beads of sweat sliding down her forehead, her heart beating so fast and loud you could literally hear it. No one was there and the room was unusually quiet, she realized she had fallen asleep and concluded it was a nightmare but she was visibly shaken, the hairs on her body had stood up and she had goosebumps all over.

Leslie decided to wash the product off her face and went back to the bathroom. She put water on her face and looked into the mirror but the reflection wasn't hers instead she saw the same figure she saw when she woke up.
"Hellooo Leslieeee" , it said in the same raspy voice reaching out from within the mirror and grabbing her face. She stood there in shock with her mouth open but no sound coming out. The hands were slowly digging into her skin, the burning sensation she felt jolted her back to reality and she yanked herself away and ran back into the bedroom to hide underneath her blanket.

"Oh what a foolish decision you have made", the voice said. Leslie watched as the shadowy figure came closer and closer to her bed. She trembled as she thought of what she would do, she was so close to peeing herself. She was already saying her last prayers when suddenly the door opened and someone put on the light and suddenly she felt at peace, it was her mom.

"Leslie, what's wrong??", her mom asked. She ran to her mom and broke down crying, it was at this point her mom noticed the marks on her face. Leslie explained what happened and her mom instantly believed her because she had heard stories about how the owner of the house was murdered in that same room and people who once lived there testified to having the same thing done to either them or their children.
Leslie's mother found it absurd when she heard it from people at first, she didn't believe any of that could happen and what made her more confident was because nothing happened in the first two weeks of their stay but looking at the marks on her daughter's face, she got scared for her family and immediately vacated the house that same night to stay in a hotel before deciding what to do next.

Leslie told her mom that she would never go back into that house and her mom decided to sell the house. Leslie avoids the house completely but anytime she's forced to pass there, she dare not look at the house.
One day after a long time, she decided to look up at her window as she passed and she saw the figure staring down at her mouthing her name..... LESLIE!!!, with the same glowing red eyes and a wider smile.
She ran as fast as her legs could take her.