Private Collection Chapter 4

The Curtain Opens

This is Chapter 4 of my horror novella Private Collection.

Get caught up here: Chapter 1, 2, and 3.

The hair stood up on the back of her neck. Mom and Darren, however, seemed oblivious to the clear signs of danger. He might have been a character in one of her books. She watched both of them as they chatted with Doctor Hudgins. They looked and sounded normal. They even looked happy, as if they were having a good time.

Standing outside while the grownups chatted was even more boring than the ride, and even though he creeped her out, Sara still wanted to see all the spooky stuff inside. She wandered around the lot in front of the doors, kicking her feet and sending a few rocks to bump against the lumberjack’s boots. Finally, after a thousand years, the adults decided it was time to head inside.