Troublesome Farmhouse

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in on them.
The blood trickled through Louis's fingers as he held his knees and screamed in pain. To see how badly Louis was injured, Lee took a box of matches out of his pocket and lit them all at once. The rocks around them danced with yellow and orange light that emitted from Lee's blistered hand.

Louis's injuries were mild, compared to what lay in front of them. Striking that box of matches actually saved their lives, as they found themselves a metre from the edge of a twenty-metre cliff. Once they had gathered themselves they made their way, more carefully, down to the farmhouse.

The farmhouse was a very old double-story with pillars on either side of the front door, which, among many other things, Seriously needed some attention. The thick cedar wood door made a hollow thumping sound when Lee knocked on it. They stood there breathless, for what seemed like hours, until a man answered the door. They heard five different latches being unlatched, before a man with a ...

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a noise that broke his chain of thought. He woke Lee up to tell him to come with to see what it was. Lee did not want to get up and just went back to sleep. Lee did not bother because Louis was known for joking around and playing practical jokes on people, so Louis went alone.

Louis stealthily crept down the old termite eaten stairs and down the passage of closed doors. He started to breathe very deeply and his hands moistened from perspiration. As he walked down the passage he heard a sound that gave him goose bumps, causing all the hairs on his body to stand erect. The sound came from behind a door with a shiny brass doorknob.

Louis felt a droplet of sweat trickle off his ...

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