Looking up at the house I could feel the eyes of the dead watching me. Sighing I closed my eyes and started to count the spirits that I could see and feel. When I reached twenty-five I knew this was gonna take forever. Lifting my suitcase I walked up to the porch. Unlocking the front door I walked in and the first thing I heard was a voice saying, "Get out."
Chuckling to myself I walked to the dining room and sat at the head of the table. Preparing myself I said, "As much as I would love to get out you are stuck with me. If I leave my great uncle Richard will take this place and turn it into a freak show and that is not something either of us want is it? If we work together we can save this house and create something he can never take from me. What do you say?"
A young couple formed to my left and the man asked, "What do you have in mind?"
"I would like to wait and discuss that with everyone," I said. "This is going to be a large team effort."
The woman put her hand on his arm and said, "Everyone our Granddaughter has a plan to save the house and protect us from Richard, I know all of you don't like to come out but we really need to meet with Molly "
Looking up I asked, "Granddaughter?"
The man smiles and said, "Yes. Mr. Lewis the lawyer knows our ghosts have been here since we passed. Poor guy was one of my closest friends growing up. I am glad he kept his word as my brother Richard has always been a horrible person."
"You were both my Mom's parents," I said. "You know she wanted to meet you all her life before she passed away."
He gave a sad look as he said, "We had a fight when your Mom when she met your Dad. I wish I could go back in time and change everything. When your mom disappeared in the middle of the night we tried to find her but her and your Dad disappeared where we could not find them. We hired investigators to find them and we were unable to until we saw their death notice. The reason we did not reach out to you was Mr. Lewis advised that you were upset and did not want any of your Mom's family around."
Quietly I said, "I lost both Mom and Dad together I didn't want any of Dad's family around me. When Aunt Catherine brought Uncle Richard to me I put two and two together. Mr. Lewis came to me right after Richard and Aunt Catherine left and explained everything. The next day Aunt Catherine came over and said that if a lawyer comes to see me I should give Uncle Richard his family home. It took a moment to realize they were working together and I said to her I wanted to see the home."
"The day after I walked the house," I said. "Well walked the house to the best of my ability as this house is crazy packed."
My Grandma laughed and said, "Well that is because we liquidated our vacation properties a few years before we were killed."
"Uncle Richard killed you didn't he?" I asked.
Grandpa said, "Well he was behind it but he did not kill us. He hired a couple of thugs to do it. But you are safe we will all make sure you are."
I closed my eyes as the room shifted and said, "Hello everyone. I felt you all as you made your way into the dining room. I didn't realize there were so many of you here."
Opening my eyes I looked around and saw shimmers of people all over the room. My Grandma said, "There are over a hundred ghosts in this house. Each room averages two to three deaths per room. Some more, some less. So Molly how are you going to save us?"
Smiling I said, "Well since the house is labeled haunted we are going to give the people what they want."
I had a lot of looks of confusion from the spirits. Laughing I asked, "So let me ask this who was the last to die in this house?"
A young woman stepped forward and said, "Richard lured me here saying that he was going to hire me as a mural artist. He brought me to the library and let's just say that man has some disgusting kinks. I know what your thinking and I love it. Remember you will need to have event insurance. By the way my name is Kayla."
"Hi Kayla," I said. "Well everyone the plan is I am opening the house up to ghost tours. Each tour will be a group of ten people and they can come looking for paranormal evidence. These tours will be from six to midnight only and all you all would do is maybe move a item, shut a door or glimmer in and out of existence."
Kayla said, "I can explain further and girl this place is talked about so you best charge for the tours and letting them ghost hunt."
Laughing I said, "Do not worry about that I already had a plan drawn up and Mr. Lewis was kind enough to draw me up a contract. The remaining part of the plan is this house is going to get a remodel. I am going to clear out some room in the master bedroom and change the outside locks for the house. Everyone you are getting a human housemate and the house is going to be redone."
A elderly woman sitting at the table asked, "What about all of us?"
"That is up to you," I said. "I am a writer and I am writing a blog about my life here. As for the spirits in the house you can tell me your story if you want or if you want I can help you and you can stay or move on."
Grandma asked, "Well sweetheart when are you moving in and what room are you going to remodel first?"
Smiling I said, "I am moving in fully by tomorrow and starting tours in the next week or two. The first room I am going to do is the office. That way I can also sell the things I do not decide to keep. Speaking of which I do need to go buy some totes for storage. I do have to apologize though everyone. Tomorrow morning the moving company will be bringing over my parents belongings to their home and my house. I have everything packed and labeled ready to be brought to one of the many rooms in the house. Mr. Lewis will be stopping by as well."
My Grandfather asked, "So may I ask how you will be paying for this?"
Chuckling I said, "Well Grandpa before I decided to move in the family home I worked as a marketing manager. I made really great money and owned my home. Mom and Dad owned their house. I sold both their home and my home yesterday and tomorrow is moving day. Also up till last month I was engaged to be married and found my ex fiancé was sleeping with my boss. Although I am thankful to be rid of the fiancé I would have liked to keep the job. The sale of both the homes as well as my healthy savings and investments means I do not need money. I am also a person who knows how to sell and price items. However I only allotted ten thousand for the remodel of the home. The remaining money will be coming from the sales of the items. But the house is in much better condition than I thought so I should be able to get what I need done. On a very thrifty basis."
Grandma asked, "What about Richard?"
Smiling I said, "Oh I have a private detective on him. I also think that he also has evidence in the house with all the murders he has committed. So any questions?"
Grandma said, "Well as much as I do not want to have people in our home, the idea of rebuilding the home and making it a grand home again."
"So how many ghost are here?" I asked.
A elderly man appeared on my other side and said, "Well Missy you are something I am glad your my great so many grandchild. To answer your question we sit at 174 spirits."
"Well then this is going to be an interesting refurbish," I said. "So you all have a lot of options you can appear to the investigators, move things, speak while hidden, basically show proof of life after death."
Kayla snorted and said, "Oh this is going to be fun."
"All I ask is to not do anything dangerous near the people and do not have people think you are evil or bad," I said. "Now I do have one request. When I am in the master bedroom or bathroom please leave me be. I do like my privacy. But if I am other rooms in the house I am all set to talk and interact."
The elderly man came up and placed his hand on mine. When I felt the cold touch he smiled and said, "Its my trick and I promise to behave and help this house shine."
Smiling I stood up and said, "Well then I will see you all tomorrow. I do need to ask please leave the movers alone they have three moving trucks to move into the home for both houses."
As I picked up my purse I heard murmurs of agreement. My Grandparents nodded and as I headed to the door I called back, "Also tomorrow I have someone coming in to put security cameras up and I will be running them to my YouTube page. Which means it may catch ghosts if you want to play around with practicing for the ghost hunters. Think about it and talk among yourselves."
Walking out of the house I went to the house I was moving out of. Driving past I went to the Italian place down the road from my house I sold. As I was sat at a table I heard, "Niece what are you doing here?"
Looking up I saw my uncle Richard and Aunt Catherine standing next to my table. Smiling I said, "Well like anyone who is moving I decided to not mess up my packed up home."
"Moving?" Aunt Catherine said.
"Yes," I said. "I sold my and my parents homes and moved into my family estate that was left for me. I went in today and took stock to make sure everything will fit and also made a map of where all my security cameras are going to be placed."
Uncle Richard said, "So I take it you did not take what I offered to heart?"
"No," I said. "I actually did and decided that I wanted to move into the family home and make it into something wonderful. Never fear I will invite you to visit once I remodel and make it something I want to share."
Aunt Catherine said, "My dear you will regret that. Why not let us join you?"
"No," I said. "After talking to a lot of the homes visitors I will remain there alone."
Uncle Richard said, "Well don't you worry about your personal safety?"
Chuckling I said, "Not at all I am quite skilled with guns and swords. I pity the person who tried something in my home. Now if you will excuse me I am going to eat and then get ready to move."
I watched them leave and talked with the wait staff as I waited for my dinner. After I ate I headed back to my car and home, I was thankful it was still light out. Going inside I said, "Well Mom and Dad I know your things are going to the family estate. I hope if your attached to something and I will see you again soon."
Going to my room I took a shower and threw my dirty clothes into a garbage bag. Crawling into my bed I pulled out my phone and ordered supplies to pick up in the morning before the moving company arrived. Once I ordered cleaning supplies, fifteen large totes, masking tape, pricing tags and permanent markers I placed my phone on my side table and went to sleep.
When my alarm went off the next morning I crawled out of bed and pulled on work out clothes. Putting the blanket and pillows into a box and made sure everything was labeled I went out to my SUV and headed to pick up everything I ordered. Then I headed back to my house as the movers were pulling up to the house. Getting out of my SUV I went to the main mover and said, "The house if ready to be loaded in every room of the house. Please make sure you get everything from the attic, basement and sheds."
He nodded and said, "Do not worry Molly we will have everything out. Now as we discussed this is the largest truck and we will get everything we can in it but may have to make multiple trips to the new house."
"That's fine," I said. "I am going to sit at the kitchen table working until you are ready with the first load."
Sitting at the kitchen counter I worked on my Blog, The Haunted House. I was typing away posting details on the house when Marv the owner of the moving company said, "Well Molly we got most of the top floor packed into the truck if you are ready we can head to the new house. Also do not worry we have double and triple checked every room to make sure its tagged and everything is taken from the room."
"Perfect," I said. "I will head over to the new house and meet you there."
Placing my laptop in my bag I went to my car and drove to the family home. When I got there I went inside and said, "Everyone please do not scare the workers they are moving me in."
I heard various spirits call out understood and we got it. The door bell rang and I let Marv and the guys in the house. He asked, "Where will you be?"
I handed him a map and said, "In my office. I am starting to get it ready to remodel. But first I need to grab the supplies I bought to get things posted on my website to start selling."
I brought everything in from my car and went to the office. The reason I wanted to start with this room was because even after things were brought in I would have enough room to remodel and store everything. On the furthest wall behind the desk I cleared everything and grabbed a bucket of water from the bathroom and started to clean the walls and floors. Noticing the walls were a pale shade of blue that needed to be cleaned I decided the office did not need to be painted. After I washed the walls Marv knocked and said, "You were serious about getting everything started. We are ready to go back."
Grabbing my bag we went back to my house and I continued to work on my laptop. When we went back to the family home I would work on getting that area of the room ready. By the time we finished unloading my house I had a good corner finished with the floor scrubbed and I had taken the curtains down and decided to keep the white under curtains as the main curtains for the room. As I started all the white curtains in the washer we headed back to my house for one last walk through and to get the very few things left.
When I signed off for my house I handed the keys to the new owner who was right on time. Then we headed over to my parents house to start loading everything up. As the moving company started to unload I went into the laundry room and hung up the damp curtains to dry. Taking out the card table I placed it in front of the windows and got the totes placed under it to start organizing what I am selling.
After four trips to my parents house I signed off that everything was packed and delivered. I met the new owners and handed over the keys. When I walked into the house, I shut the door behind me and said, "Alright everyone I am so sorry everything is so cluttered but I am officially moved in you can move freely."
Walking to the master bedroom I went to the master bedroom and made my bed. Moving a case of my soaps to the bathroom I opened my luggage and hung a pile of clothes in the master closet. Looking at the clothes I heard, "Well I will say that you would look lovely in most of the pieces. Although I believe you have your own clothing style."
Chuckling I said, "Well I do seem to like everything in here. You never know what I may want to keep. But for now I have boxes upon boxes in the office. I also brought over a set of filing cabinets to fill with important papers and documents. Then I have a paper shredder to destroy what we will not be keeping."
"What about a place for valuables?" She asked.
Smiling I said, "Well Grandma did you see that massive wooden bear that was brought into the office and placed next to the desk?"
"I did," She said.
"Well good ole yogi has a safe hidden inside of his belly," I said. "You can't tell but he can hold quite a bit."
She laughed and said, "Oh that is splendid. Molly that will be a hoot I cannot wait to see it opened."
Smiling I said, "Well then the house is packed, I am as unpacked as I can get at the moment, The house is locked up. I think I am going to order a pizza because I do not want to cook tonight. Then while I am waiting I am going to go into the office and place the first of the items into the store."
Going into the office I placed an order for a pile of food and started the office. Arranging the filing cabinets against a section of wall I had cleaned already. On the item page I set a disclaimer that the items are pick up at the house or each item will have a flat rate for shipping. I opened the first of many of crates in the room. I found a pile of vintage romance novels. I looked up prices and added the pictures to the website pricing everything. Placing everything in corresponding totes I continued on until the doorbell rang and my food was delivered. Tipping the delivery driver I went into the kitchen and placed all the food onto the small table.
"Now young lady do you think that you need all that food?" A man said as he leaned against the counter.
"You are?" I asked.
He chuckled and said, "Sorry miss I didn't introduce myself. My name is Steve I have been here since the 1920's."
"Well Steve," I said. "No I do not need all this food but I could not decide what I wanted and now I have options for food for this week."
"Smart," He said. "Do you think that you will take long to remodel the house?"
Laughing I said, "This is going to be a project Steve. I can say this will take at least a year or two between sorting, cleaning, pricing and remodeling."
He faded away and I grabbed a plate placing various foods on it. Placing the leftovers in the fridge I took the food to the TV room and put on a show. I called out, "Your welcome to watch the TV with me if you want while I eat."
Various ghost walked in and found places around the room to watch the show. I watched a few episodes of the show I had been watching on YouTube and when I was finished I said, "I am going to wash my plate and head to bed. Do you want me to leave it on for you to watch?"
An older man said, "Please dear can you find us any cowboy movies?"
A young woman said, "I would like a cooking show."
Another said, "I would love to watch a mystery show."
"Okay everyone," I said. "I am going to make a playlist. It will show a variety of shows so you can come and go. Does that sound alright to all of you?"
They all agreed and I made a long playlist so everyone could watch a different type of show. Going into the kitchen I washed my plate and I headed to my room. Taking a quick shower I got dressed and climbed into my bed putting on my television and started to watch a cryptid documentary. Falling asleep I was in a sound sleep until my alarm went off at seven the next morning.
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Waking up the next morning I went to the kitchen and started a pot of tea. Getting a slice of pizza out I heated it up in my air fryer. Taking my tea and my pizza into the office I opened the laptop and saw I had some sales in the store. I laughed that everyone wanted immediate pickup. I emailed them and started that I was free this morning all they had to do is respond to when they want to pick up. I stood up and grabbed the box of white gift bags I had for items. Verifying that all the payments processed I wrote the name of the buyer on the bag. Then I placed all the items in the correct bag and placed them on a card table in the gate house. I sent everyone an email that all the items were ready for pickup and provided google voice phone number for the buyers to arrange pick up.
Slowly I started to get responses and I would respond as I worked on the next months ghost hunt schedule. As it was Thursday I set up hunts to start on Monday the 13th of October. through November 1st. After those dates were placed in the sale page and I had timers set for the sales I went to my room to get ready for the day. When I finished getting ready I heard the doorbell ring for the first pick up. Going to the door I had my clipboard ready for the buy to sign and opened it.
A young man sat there and said, "I am here to pick up my order. My name is martin mitchel."
"One moment," I said turning to the table. I picked up his bag and said, "Please sign here."
"What is this?" He asked.
"Well as these are online sales people like to do chargebacks," I said. "Besides video footage that shows you were here you signing this states that you picked up the item which means the sale cannot be reversed."
"What happens if I do not sign this?" He asked.
"I take the item and relist it," I said. "You will be refunded and banned from buying any other item. The items posted yesterday were from a crate in my office. I barely scratched the surface with what is being sold."
He placed his hand out and signed the form. I handed him his bag and he left. Walking back to the kitchen I filled a water bottle and headed back to the office. Until lunch my day consisted of posting five to ten items, checking for sales and appointments and bagging up items as I continued to go through everything. By the time it was two in the afternoon for lunch most of my orders were picked up and I had made a dent in the office. When it was lunch time I grabbed a salad and sat down to eat at the computer. Verifying the appointments starting on Monday I posted an update on the blog that no new times will be added at this time. I bagged up all the sales I had till then and posted any new sales will not be able to be picked up until after noon the next day. Sending pick up instructions for what had sold I replied to responses as I got the items to be shipped ready and packaged. I scheduled a pick up the next morning with Fedex for the shipped items. The last of the items were picked up by three thirty that day and I went to the office and worked on a file of paperwork. Shredding papers I did not leave anything to chance and kept very few papers sparingly. I filed the signatures of pickup and continued on after reading each and every paper.
Looking for evidence of Uncle Richards crimes. When I was done with a few piles of papers and took the shredded papers to the garbage outside I went back in and continued to go through crates or move items in laundry baskets to the correct rooms they should go into. I came across a crate from my house and when I opened it I found stuff I had bought for my cancelled wedding. I made quick work of pricing the items and placing them in a bin. With everything that was in the bins I discovered that there was not one bin full yet to stack up. Looking at the clock I saw that it was going on six at night. I bagged up the items that sold since I closed pick ups for the day. Sending emails with pick up instructions for between two and four the next day. I also discovered I had six more orders for shipping. I packaged up all the items for delivery so they were ready when Fedex came later tomorrow morning.
Organizing everything in the office I grabbed some food from the takeout and went to the TV room to eat. When I sat down more people joined me and started to watch the TV. Like the night before I set up a play list when I went to go to bed and set the TV on a six hour timer. Going to the kitchen I washed my plate and headed to shower in my room. Going to bed I fell into a deep sleep.
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(50)(174) Office, Gate house, Entrance, Cellar, Hallway1, Bathroom 1, Master Bedroom, Master bath, Master closet, Kitchen, Pantry, Dining room, Hallway 2, bedroom 1, bathroom 2, Bedroom 2, closet 1, closet 2,
paint Gallery, hall 3, green house, ball room, garage, Servants hallway, servants bathroom, Servant room 1, Servant room 2, servant room 3, servant room 4, Hall 4, Library, Outside garden, outside patio, Bathroom 3, Childs room 1,Childs room 2, Childs bathroom, childs outdoor play area, childs entry, nursery, wine cellar, Sitting room, TV room, lounge, Sun lounge, Art room, Billiards room, Ladies lounge, music room
Molly- main (the haunted house)
Mr lewis- lawyer
great uncle Richard- villian /aunt Catherine- Possible villian
Kayla- Killed by Richard in the library
Steve- Kitchen 1920's
Grandparents
Parents
Older man
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