Some say the devil is just a myth to put fear in gods children on earth. Others may say everybody has a little devil in them, people just have to choose right from wrong. There was a family that lived on a ranch in the middle of a small, country town in West Virginia. They were happy and always had good intentions. They milked cows, and crew crops. They were good farmers and made great money. They are currently in the process of building a barn. Bradley and Jessie are sent to buy tools.
“Go get some tools son from the general store” John said. “We need those tools ASAP to build the walls and siding.” Jessie and Bradley made their way to the store. “I wonder why pa is so hard on us jessie, its not like I do anything wrong.” Jessie replies,” He loves us and I’m sure he wants the best for us.” “It always seems like he loves Sally the most, he always buys her jewelry and clothes like she’s some prized piggy at the fair.” Well she is the youngest, and she is always good. I remember pa saying once that she is by far the best behaved of all of us.” Bradley says nothing. There is a silence for a brief moment. “well I don’t understand it at all, She is well behaved.. but aren’t we all?” “I guess your right, we can never really understand why unless we ask him” said Jessie. Bradley replies,” I would wrather not”.
They approach the store and walk in quickly to ensure they meet pa’s deadline. “I need to roofing hammers and nails please as well as some siding material” “You got it” the store clark replied. They gather the tools and headed home. They stop at a stop light waiting in what seemed to be forever. “Why wont the light change?” Said Jessie. “I’m not sure but we are in a major hurry.” They wait patiently. “What’re you starring at Bradley?” “This crow is starring at us good, Something seems strange about it I swear i’ve seen it following us since we left pa’s.” “Lets just hurry home I’m getting a little freaked out.” They hurry home and show pa the tools they have bought.
“Perfect!” Pa says in amazement. “Pa we didn’t wanna let you down” they both said. They begin building the walls. “This will take all day you two, but I have faith in you guys. You two are very hard workers I’m sure we can get this wall build by the end of the day.”
Hours later Pa begins making dinner for Sally, Jessie, and Bradley. “Pa is making us steak and potatoes tonight” They rarely get good meals so this must be some sort of an occasion. Pa comes in and serves them with 12oz steak with buttered asparagus and crispy potatoes. “Thanks daddy!” says Sally with a big smile. “Your welcome sugar plumb”. Sally is very happy. “Well guys after you eat go straight to bed, we have a lot of work to do tomorrow.” “Ok” They all reply. The family finishes eating and heads to bed. Bradley wanted to stay up through the night however. He wanted to start building the roof to surprise his dad in the morning. Bradley has much experience due to his construction job so he was sure he could get most of it done by the morning.
Everybody is asleep except Bradley. He heads out toward the barn and climbs up on the roof. He begins to hammer and place down shingles as he nails them in. His only light coarse is a lamp he found in the shed. It provided just enough light to see what he needed. Moments later he hears something. Like small footsteps of a small animal perhaps. He looks around holding the lamp but the lamp however provided minimal light. Just then the lamp breaks. Something has shattered the lamp. Bradley cannot see a thing. He then makes out a black figure in front of him. “Whos there!?” There was no answer. He’s makes his way to the ladder and begins to climb down when all of a sudden the ladder tumbles downs. Bradley smashes his head on the ground and shatters his neck and multiple areas. Bradley is dead.
Pa is in his room thinking about his wife and her death summers ago. The police said it was a suicide. How could this be he thought? “my wife was happy, we loved each other.” The police said she turned the knife on herself. But what motive was there? There was no warning, no signs. He begins to cry. He hears something in the room. His tears made his vision blurry. “Jessie is that you?” At that moment his throat was slit and he bled out with a river of blood. As he laid there in his last seconds of life he tries hard to make out the black figure in front of him. “It will be ok” a small girls voice said. “Sally? Is thaa-t you..”He had no time to react, not even a chance. Jessie hears the noises coming from pa’s room and runs to see what is going on. Before she even steps in the room she is struck in the stomach and thrown into the wall with fierce strength. She was killed instantly. The house was dead silent.
A great evil was at that farm that night. Nobody truly knows what happened that night. There were no leads, no way of knowing what happened that night on the robinson ranch. What puzzled police most was Sally was nowhere in sight. Nobody could explain where she could’ve went. Perhaps nobody will ever know.
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