April 6, 2025
Whispers In The Dark Part 2 - "Visitation" A Supernatural Love Story
As Elise's connection with Alexander deepens through increasingly passionate dream encounters, physical evidence—bruises, marks, lingering sensations—confirms their supernatural relationship is more than imagination. By day, her research reveals...
As Elise's connection with Alexander deepens through increasingly passionate dream encounters, physical evidence—bruises, marks, lingering sensations—confirms their supernatural relationship is more than imagination. By day, her research reveals Alexander's reputation as a war hero with mysterious interests in ancient texts and occult knowledge before his unexplained death in 1920. When a cryptic elderly woman breaks into Blackwood Estate warning Elise of danger and urging her to find Alexander's hidden journal, the threat becomes real. That night, Alexander's ghost protects Elise from an armed intruder, leaving her with two conflicting missions: uncover the truth about Alexander's death, and determine if her spectral lover can be trusted.
Unlock an ad-free podcast experience with Caloroga Shark Media! Get all our shows on any player you love, hassle free! For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. No plug-ins needed!
Subscribe now for exclusive shows like 'Palace Intrigue,' and get bonus content from Deep Crown (our exclusive Palace Insider!) Or get 'Daily Comedy News,' and '5 Good News Stories’ with no commercials! Plans start at $4.99 per month, or save 20% with a yearly plan at $49.99. Join today and help support the show!
We now have Merch! FREE SHIPPING! Check out all the products like T-shirts, mugs, bags, jackets and more with logos and slogans from your favorite shows! Did we mention there’s free shipping? Get 10% off with code NewMerch10 Go to Caloroga.com
Get more info from Caloroga Shark Media and if you have any comments, suggestions, or just want to get in touch our email is info@caloroga.com
WEBVTT
1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:12.359
Calarogu Shark Media.
2
00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:13.199
Hello and welcome to Romance Weekly. This episode is titled
3
00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.760
Whispers in the Dark, Part two, The Visitation.
4
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.640
I should have left Blackwood Estate that first day, any
5
00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:34.399
rational person would have. But there's something about this house,
6
00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.000
about him that keeps me here, like a moth drawn
7
00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.119
to a flame, knowing the danger but unable to resist
8
00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:46.560
the light. It's been a week since I discovered Alexander's
9
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.840
portrait and saw his ghost in that hidden room, a
10
00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:57.479
week of restless days and extraordinary nights. That first night
11
00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:01.799
in his bed changed everything. I'd fallen asleep, half expecting,
12
00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:06.599
half hoping to dream of him again. What happened was
13
00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.319
so much more. In the dream, I found myself in
14
00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:13.680
the same bedroom, but transformed as it had been before,
15
00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:19.680
warm lived in with firelight dancing on the walls. I
16
00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.319
was wearing that same silk nightgown, my hair loose around
17
00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:28.280
my shoulders. Alexander was waiting. He stood by the fireplace,
18
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.640
one hand resting on the mantle, watching me with those
19
00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:34.760
intense eyes that seemed to shift between gray and blue.
20
00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.560
You came back, he said, his voice both pleased and surprised.
21
00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:48.359
I'm curious, I admitted about you about this house, About
22
00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.599
why I'm dreaming of a man who died a hundred
23
00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:55.079
years ago. He moved toward me with that fluid grace.
24
00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.920
I was beginning to recognize. Are you certain this as
25
00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:02.840
a dream? Elise? Before I could answer, he reached for
26
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.000
my hand. When our skin touched, it was like electricity
27
00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.439
arking between us. His fingers were cool at first, then
28
00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:16.439
warmed rapidly against mine. I gasped at the sensation. Does
29
00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:20.360
that feel like a dream, he murmured, his thumb tracing
30
00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.560
circles on my palm. I couldn't speak. Every nerve ending
31
00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.960
in my body seemed to be focused on that single
32
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.680
point of contact. He stepped closer, his free hand coming
33
00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.759
up to brush my hair back from my face. I've
34
00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.759
been alone in this house for so long, he said, quietly,
35
00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:44.199
watching people come and go, caretakers, the occasional relative checking
36
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.960
on their inheritance. No one stayed, No one could see
37
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.439
me until you Why me? I managed to ask. His
38
00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.639
smile was both tender and predatory. I don't know yet,
39
00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:03.599
but I intend to find out. He leaned down, and
40
00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:06.479
when his lips met mine, it was like being consumed
41
00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:10.879
by fire. I felt it everywhere a rush of heat
42
00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:15.000
that made me dizzy. His arms encircled me, pulling me
43
00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.840
against him until I could feel every hard plane of
44
00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.360
his body. I wound my arms around his neck, surrendering
45
00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:26.800
to the kiss, to the impossible reality of it. When
46
00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:31.120
he finally pulled away, we were both breathing hard. Tell
47
00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:35.919
me this isn't real, he challenged, his voice rough. I couldn't.
48
00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.680
Everything in me recognized the truth that whatever was happening
49
00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.719
transcended ordinary dreams, that Alexander Blackwood was more than a ghost,
50
00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:52.439
more than a figment of my imagination. He led me
51
00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:55.159
to the bed, and what followed was the most intense
52
00:03:55.240 --> 00:04:00.000
experience of my life. His touch was everywhere, alternating between
53
00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:04.319
gentle and demanding. He knew exactly how to make me gasp,
54
00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:07.919
how to make me plead, and when finally we joined,
55
00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.199
it was as if some circuit had been completed between us,
56
00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:16.079
past and present, life and death, reality and dream, all
57
00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:25.040
fusing into one overwhelming sensation. Afterward, as I lay in
58
00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:28.720
his arms, watching the firelight play across the ceiling, he
59
00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.639
told me about the house, how it had been in
60
00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.839
his family for generations, how he had modernized it after
61
00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.920
returning from the war, He spoke of his time in Europe,
62
00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.680
the horrors he'd witnessed, the relief of coming home to
63
00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:48.160
this quiet place by the sea. I had plans, he said,
64
00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:52.319
his fingers tracing patterns on my bare shoulder. I was
65
00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.519
going to transform this property, make it a place of
66
00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.680
beauty and peace after all that ugliness. What happened? I asked,
67
00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:06.279
His expression darkened. I'm not entirely sure. My memories of
68
00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:10.639
my final days are fragmented. I know there was danger.
69
00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.720
I know I tried to protect something important, and then nothing,
70
00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:20.480
just darkness until I became aware again, trapped in this house,
71
00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.839
watching the world move on without me. I wanted to
72
00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.720
ask more, but dawn was approaching. I could feel it
73
00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:33.079
tugging at the edges of our shared reality. You're leaving,
74
00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.120
he said, not a question, but a statement of fact.
75
00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.120
I'll come back, I promised, and as the dream faded
76
00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.319
around me, the last thing I saw was his face,
77
00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:51.879
hopeful and haunted in equal measure. I woke that morning
78
00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.240
to find the sheets tangled around my body, my skin hypersensitive,
79
00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:01.240
my muscles pleasantly saw as if as if what had
80
00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.319
happened in the dream had physically affected me, And there
81
00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.720
on my shoulder was a mark, a small bruise where
82
00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.600
Alexander's fingers had gripped me in the height of passion.
83
00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.360
Physical evidence of an encounter that should have been impossible.
84
00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:21.399
That was a week ago. Every night since I've returned
85
00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:26.079
to Alexander's bed, to his arms, each encounter more intense
86
00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.560
than the last, each morning bringing more evidence that what's
87
00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:34.360
happening transcends normal dreams. A pattern of fingerprints on my hip,
88
00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:39.439
the taste of him lingering on my lips once, a
89
00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:41.800
streak of coal dust on my back from where he'd
90
00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:48.399
pressed me against the fireplace in our urgency. During the
91
00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:52.360
days I've thrown myself into researching Alexander and the history
92
00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:57.240
of Blackwood Estate, I found the local Historical Society, a
93
00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.360
small operation run out of what used to be the
94
00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:03.480
town hall. The curator there, a woman named Martha Hodges
95
00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:07.360
in her seventies, was initially delighted to help until I
96
00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:12.079
mentioned the name Blackwood. What's your interest in that family?
97
00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:17.240
She asked, her, earlier warmth evaporating. I gave her a
98
00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:21.040
simplified version of the truth that I'd inherited the estate
99
00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.199
and was curious about its history. She studied me for
100
00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:29.240
a long moment before sighing, well, I suppose you have
101
00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.600
a right to know, Being the new owner and all.
102
00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.399
She disappeared into a back room and returned with a
103
00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:40.680
box of files. These are newspaper clippings, correspondents, and other
104
00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.720
documents related to the Blackwoods, not much from recent decades.
105
00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:49.680
The family died out, as I'm sure you know, I
106
00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.439
spent hours going through those files, piecing together the history
107
00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:57.839
of the family. The Blackwoods had indeed been shipbuilders, originally
108
00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.759
becoming wealthy during the Hayden Day of Maine's maritime industry.
109
00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:07.680
Alexander's grandfather had expanded into lumber and real estate. His
110
00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.000
father had been something of a black sheep, spending more
111
00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.879
time in Europe than at home, depleting much of the
112
00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.759
family fortune. Alexander himself appeared to have been well respected,
113
00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.720
a war hero who returned home to restore the family
114
00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:27.959
name and businesses. There were several articles about his philanthropic efforts,
115
00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.000
his plans to develop parts of his land into public gardens.
116
00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.320
He was described as private but generous, a true gentleman
117
00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.600
of refined taste, and in one Society column, one of
118
00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.720
the most eligible bachelors on the coast, despite his mysterious air,
119
00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:51.960
and then abruptly his obituary from November nineteen twenty, just
120
00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.159
as I'd seen before, It stated only that he had
121
00:08:55.320 --> 00:09:00.879
passed unexpectedly at his home. No details, no cause of death.
122
00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.960
I asked Martha about it directly. The newspaper doesn't say
123
00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:11.600
how he died. Was there an accident? She glanced around,
124
00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:14.559
as if checking whether anyone could overhear, though we were
125
00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:19.799
alone in the small museum. There's always been talk, she said, quietly,
126
00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:25.039
nothing official, mind you, But stories get passed down. What
127
00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:29.120
kind of stories? I pressed? Some say it was suicide,
128
00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.000
that the war affected him more than people knew. Others
129
00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.279
whisper about foul play. He'd made enemies in business, apparently.
130
00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:44.960
And then there are the other stories, other stories, Martha
131
00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:51.360
looked uncomfortable, local legends, superstitions. Some folks claimed he dabbled
132
00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:55.559
in things he shouldn't have, old knowledge, the kind seafaring
133
00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:59.639
men sometimes brought back from distant ports. You mean like
134
00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.519
a cult practices, I asked, trying to keep my voice steady.
135
00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:08.320
I wouldn't know about such things, she said, primly, But
136
00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:12.480
there were rumors, strange lights at the estate, Visitors who
137
00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:16.720
arrived after dark and left before dawn. Items ordered from
138
00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:23.360
foreign countries, artifacts, books in languages no one recognized. She
139
00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:28.600
leaned closer, and after he died, people reported seeing him
140
00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.159
or someone who looked like him, walking the grounds of
141
00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:36.000
the estate. The property stood empty for years because no
142
00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:40.799
one would buy it. My heart was racing. Do you
143
00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:45.639
believe those stories? Martha straightened up. It doesn't matter what
144
00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:49.039
I believe, but I will say this. That house has
145
00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:51.879
never been good for anyone who lived in it, not
146
00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.440
since Alexander Blackwood's time. She began packing away the files
147
00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.399
with trembling hands. If I were you, my dear, I'd
148
00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:07.279
sell it, take the money, and go somewhere sunny, somewhere new.
149
00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.559
I thanked her for her help and left my mind
150
00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:16.399
whirling outside. The day had turned gray and threatening, heavy
151
00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.480
clouds hanging low over the harbor. It matched my mood perfectly.
152
00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.879
I drove back to the estate, slowly processing what I'd learned.
153
00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.000
By the time I turned onto the private road leading
154
00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:38.039
to the house, rain was falling in sheets. The mansion
155
00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:42.360
loomed ahead, dark against the stormy sky. For the first
156
00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.600
time since arriving, I felt a flicker of fear, not
157
00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.559
of Alexander. Never of him, but of what might have
158
00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.039
happened in this house, of what might still be here,
159
00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.480
lingering in the shadows. I parked and made a dash
160
00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.320
for the front door, fumbling with my keys as rain
161
00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.360
soaked through my jacket. Once inside, I stood dripping in
162
00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:09.120
the foyer, listening to the silence of the house. It
163
00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:14.120
felt different, now, watchful, almost as if the walls themselves
164
00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:21.159
were aware of my new knowledge. Alexander, I called out,
165
00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:25.000
my voice, echoing in the empty space, Are you here?
166
00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:29.720
No answer came. I'd never been able to summon him
167
00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:34.039
during waking hours. Our encounters remained confined to that dream
168
00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:38.200
world we shared at night, But sometimes I felt his presence,
169
00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.080
a subtle shift in the air that told me I
170
00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:47.240
wasn't alone. Not today, the house felt empty, abandoned even
171
00:12:47.279 --> 00:13:00.559
by its ghost. I spent the afternoon in the library,
172
00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.759
going through more of the books and papers there, searching
173
00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.639
for any clue about Alexander's dabbling in the occult. I
174
00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:12.159
found nothing explicit, though several volumes on ancient mythology and
175
00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:17.120
esoteric philosophy suggested his interests may have extended beyond the conventional.
176
00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:22.080
As evening approached, I built a fire in the library fireplace,
177
00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.840
and sat watching the flames, a glass of wine in hand.
178
00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:30.519
The storm had intensified, wind howling around the eaves of
179
00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.639
the house, rain lashing against the windows. It was the
180
00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:38.960
kind of night where the barrier between worlds felt thin, permeable.
181
00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.720
I must have dozed off, because I jerked awake to
182
00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:46.519
find the fire burned down to embers and my wineglass empty.
183
00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.840
The storm had passed, leaving an eerie silence in its wake.
184
00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:57.960
Something had awakened me, a sound, a presence. I turned
185
00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:04.480
toward the library door and saw a woman standing there, elderly,
186
00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.960
dressed in clothing that might have been fashionable fifty years ago.
187
00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.799
Her face was lined, but still handsome, her white hair
188
00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:16.320
pulled back in a severe bun. You need to leave
189
00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.559
this house, she said, without preamble, before it's too late.
190
00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.080
I stood, my heart pounding. Who are you? How did
191
00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:30.159
you get in here? She ignored my questions. He'll destroy you,
192
00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.759
just as he was destroyed. It's what it wants, what
193
00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:39.120
it's always wanted. What who wants? Are you talking about, Alexander?
194
00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:44.039
A look of pity crossed her face. Alexander was a victim,
195
00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.360
just as you'll be if you stay. He doesn't mean
196
00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.919
to harm you, he never did, but he's bound to
197
00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:56.159
this place, to its hunger. I don't understand, I said,
198
00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:59.399
taking a step toward her. Please explain what you mean,
199
00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:04.600
but she backed away. I've said too much already. It
200
00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:09.200
knows I'm here. She glanced around, fearfully. Find his journal,
201
00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.320
the hidden one that will tell you what you need
202
00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:16.720
to know. Before I could stop her, she turned and
203
00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.720
hurried down the hallway toward the front door. I ran
204
00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.600
after her, calling for her to wait, But by the
205
00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:25.759
time I reached the foyer, the front door was standing open,
206
00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:34.600
cold night air rushing in, and the woman was gone.
207
00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:39.159
I stepped onto the porch, looking out into the darkness.
208
00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:43.159
The driveway was empty, no car, no footprints in the
209
00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.879
mud that might indicate which way she'd gone. It was
210
00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.840
as if she'd vanished into thin air. I closed and
211
00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.840
locked the door, then leaned against it, trying to calm
212
00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.639
my racing heart. Who was she, how had she gotten
213
00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.720
into the house, and what did she mean about Alexander
214
00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:06.440
being bound to this place? Find his journal, she'd said,
215
00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.120
the hidden one. I spent the next few hours searching
216
00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.399
the house, focusing on the master bedroom and the library,
217
00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:19.759
places where Alexander might have kept personal papers, I found
218
00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:25.080
nothing that resembled a journal. Exhausted and frustrated, I finally
219
00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:29.080
returned to the master bedroom well after midnight. Despite the
220
00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.360
strange warning, I couldn't bring myself to sleep anywhere else,
221
00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.159
not when sleeping in his bed was my only way
222
00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:39.399
to connect with Alexander to ask him about the woman's
223
00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:44.519
cryptic words. I changed into my nightgown and slipped between
224
00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:48.879
the sheets, hoping that tonight, like every night since my arrival,
225
00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.720
I would find myself in that transformed version of this room,
226
00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:58.399
with Alexander waiting for me. But sleep was elusive. I
227
00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:03.320
tossed and turned, my racing with questions. Who was that woman?
228
00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.680
What did she know about Alexander's death? What was the
229
00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.640
it she claimed wanted to destroy me? Just as I
230
00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.680
was finally drifting off, a loud crash from downstairs jerked
231
00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:21.720
me back to full wakefulness. I sat up, listening intently.
232
00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:27.319
It had sounded like breaking glass. Alexander, I called softly,
233
00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.680
though I knew he couldn't manifest physically in the real world.
234
00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:36.400
Silence answered me. Then another crash, this one closer, perhaps
235
00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:42.200
on the stairs. Someone was in the house. I slipped
236
00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:44.680
out of bed and grabbed the fireplace poker I'd brought
237
00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:49.240
upstairs earlier. My phone was on the nightstand. I could
238
00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.319
call for help, but the nearest police station was twenty
239
00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.240
minutes away. I would be on my own until they arrived.
240
00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:02.240
The floorboards in the hallway creaked slow, deliberate footsteps approaching
241
00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.480
the bedroom door. I raised the poker, my hands shaking.
242
00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:12.160
The doorknob turned slowly. The door began to open, and
1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:12.359
2
00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:13.199
3
00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.760
4
00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.640
5
00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:34.399
6
00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:39.000
7
00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:42.119
8
00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:46.560
9
00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.840
10
00:00:50.880 --> 00:00:57.479
11
00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:01.799
12
00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:06.599
13
00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.319
14
00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:13.680
15
00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:19.680
16
00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.319
17
00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:28.280
18
00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.640
19
00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:34.760
20
00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.560
21
00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:48.359
22
00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.599
23
00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:55.079
24
00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.920
25
00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:02.840
26
00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:07.000
27
00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:11.439
28
00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:16.439
29
00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:20.360
30
00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:25.560
31
00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.960
32
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.680
33
00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.759
34
00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:38.759
35
00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:44.199
36
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.960
37
00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.439
38
00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:58.639
39
00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:03.599
40
00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:06.479
41
00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:10.879
42
00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:15.000
43
00:03:15.039 --> 00:03:17.840
44
00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.360
45
00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:26.800
46
00:03:26.800 --> 00:03:31.120
47
00:03:31.159 --> 00:03:35.919
48
00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.680
49
00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:45.719
50
00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:52.439
51
00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:55.159
52
00:03:55.240 --> 00:04:00.000
53
00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:04.319
54
00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:07.919
55
00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.199
56
00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:16.079
57
00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:25.040
58
00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:28.720
59
00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.639
60
00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.839
61
00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:39.920
62
00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.680
63
00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:48.160
64
00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:52.319
65
00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.519
66
00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.680
67
00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:06.279
68
00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:10.639
69
00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:14.720
70
00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:20.480
71
00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:24.839
72
00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.720
73
00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:33.079
74
00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.120
75
00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:41.120
76
00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.319
77
00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:51.879
78
00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.240
79
00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:01.240
80
00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:05.319
81
00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.720
82
00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:11.600
83
00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.360
84
00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:21.399
85
00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:26.079
86
00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.560
87
00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:34.360
88
00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:39.439
89
00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:41.800
90
00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:48.399
91
00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:52.360
92
00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:57.240
93
00:06:57.240 --> 00:06:59.360
94
00:06:59.399 --> 00:07:03.480
95
00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:07.360
96
00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:12.079
97
00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:17.240
98
00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:21.040
99
00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:25.199
100
00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:29.240
101
00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.600
102
00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.399
103
00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:40.680
104
00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.720
105
00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:49.680
106
00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.439
107
00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:57.839
108
00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.759
109
00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:07.680
110
00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:11.000
111
00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.879
112
00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:18.759
113
00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.720
114
00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:27.959
115
00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:32.000
116
00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.320
117
00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.600
118
00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:45.720
119
00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:51.960
120
00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:55.159
121
00:08:55.320 --> 00:09:00.879
122
00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.960
123
00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:11.600
124
00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:14.559
125
00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:19.799
126
00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:25.039
127
00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:29.120
128
00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:33.000
129
00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.279
130
00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:44.960
131
00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:51.360
132
00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:55.559
133
00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:59.639
134
00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:03.519
135
00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:08.320
136
00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:12.480
137
00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:16.720
138
00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:23.360
139
00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:28.600
140
00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:32.159
141
00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:36.000
142
00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:40.799
143
00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:45.639
144
00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:49.039
145
00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:51.879
146
00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.440
147
00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.399
148
00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:07.279
149
00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:11.559
150
00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:16.399
151
00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:20.480
152
00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:30.879
153
00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.000
154
00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:38.039
155
00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:42.360
156
00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.600
157
00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:50.559
158
00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.039
159
00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.480
160
00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.320
161
00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.360
162
00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:09.120
163
00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:14.120
164
00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:21.159
165
00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:25.000
166
00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:29.720
167
00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:34.039
168
00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:38.200
169
00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.080
170
00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:47.240
171
00:12:47.279 --> 00:13:00.559
172
00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.759
173
00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.639
174
00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:12.159
175
00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:17.120
176
00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:22.080
177
00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.840
178
00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:30.519
179
00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.639
180
00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:38.960
181
00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.720
182
00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:46.519
183
00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:51.840
184
00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:57.960
185
00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:04.480
186
00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:08.960
187
00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.799
188
00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:16.320
189
00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.559
190
00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.080
191
00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:30.159
192
00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:33.759
193
00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:39.120
194
00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:44.039
195
00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:47.360
196
00:14:47.399 --> 00:14:50.919
197
00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:56.159
198
00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:59.399
199
00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:04.600
200
00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:09.200
201
00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.320
202
00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:16.720
203
00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:19.720
204
00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.600
205
00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:25.759
206
00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:34.600
207
00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:39.159
208
00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:43.159
209
00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.879
210
00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.840
211
00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.840
212
00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.639
213
00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.720
214
00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:06.440
215
00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:11.120
216
00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.399
217
00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:19.759
218
00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:25.080
219
00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:29.080
220
00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.360
221
00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.159
222
00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:39.399
223
00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:44.519
224
00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:48.879
225
00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:52.720
226
00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:58.399
227
00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:03.320
228
00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.680
229
00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.640
230
00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.680
231
00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:21.720
232
00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:27.319
233
00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.680
234
00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:36.400
235
00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:42.200
236
00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:44.680
237
00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:49.240
238
00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.319
239
00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.240
240
00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:02.240
241
00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:06.480
242
00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:12.160