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GRAVE DESIRES

Tale of Oldman

By Sheela JohnPublished about a year ago 4 min read
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Grave Desires

Once upon a time, in a small, isolated village, there lived an old man named George. George had been married to his wife, Emily, for over fifty years. She had passed away several years prior, but George had been unable to let go of her. He kept her body in the bedroom, which he had turned into a makeshift mausoleum.

The villagers all knew about George's unusual behavior, but they left him alone. They assumed he was just grieving and didn't want to interfere. However, there was something about George that made them uneasy. He never left the house, and when he did venture out, he always seemed to be muttering to himself.

One night, a young couple named Jack and Sarah were driving through the village. Their car broke down just outside of George's house. They knocked on the door, hoping to use his phone to call for help. When George answered the door, Jack and Sarah were struck by how strange he looked. His hair was wild and unkempt, and his eyes seemed to glow in the dim light.

George let them in and showed them to the living room. He offered them some tea and started talking about his wife. Jack and Sarah tried to be polite, but they couldn't help but feel uneasy. As they were about to leave, Sarah asked to use the bathroom. George led her down the hallway, and Jack could hear her gasp in horror.

When Sarah emerged from the bathroom, she told Jack what she had seen. The entire bedroom was filled with Emily's decaying body parts. George had been cutting her up and keeping her in jars all over the room. Jack and Sarah tried to make a run for it, but George caught them and locked them in the basement.

As they sat in the dark, they could hear George pacing above them. He was muttering to himself and laughing maniacally. Jack and Sarah realized they were in grave danger. They tried to find a way out, but the door was bolted shut. The only window was too high for them to reach.

Days turned into weeks, and Jack and Sarah were slowly losing their minds. They were starving and dehydrated, and the stench of Emily's rotting body was making them sick. They knew they had to escape, but they couldn't find a way out.

One day, George came down to the basement with a knife. He was grinning from ear to ear and saying something about how they would soon be reunited with Emily.

Jack and Sarah knew they had to act fast. They managed to overpower George, who was holding a knife, and escape from the basement. They quickly ran up the stairs and into the living room, looking for a way out.

As they frantically searched for a way to escape, they heard George coming up the stairs after them. They could hear him muttering to himself and laughing maniacally. Jack and Sarah knew they had to find a way out before he caught up with them.

They ran to the front door, but it was bolted shut. They tried the windows, but they were too small to crawl through. They were starting to lose hope when Sarah noticed a small trapdoor in the ceiling. She pointed it out to Jack, and they quickly dragged a chair over to it.

Jack stood on the chair and pushed the trapdoor open. He climbed up into the attic and helped Sarah up after him. They crawled through the dusty attic, looking for a way out. They found a small window and managed to push it open.

Outside, they were horrified to discover that the entire village was in on it. Everyone had known about George's horrifying secret and had been helping him cover it up. They were all waiting for Jack and Sarah to become the next victims.

In the end, Jack and Sarah managed to escape the village and alert the authorities. George was arrested and put in jail, but the trauma of what he had done would haunt Jack and Sarah for the rest of their lives. They could never forget the horror of what they had experienced, and they would never look at small, isolated villages the same way again.

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Sheela John

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