He Took Her Mother Instead

Lucy jolted up and picked up her 9 month old son. His loud cries woke her as her 19 month first born was sound asleep. As she finally put him back to sleep she returned to her bed, noticing that her brother in law Tonino was in a deep sleep in the spare bed in her bedroom. She heard someone opening the door. She called out her husband’s name thinking it was him coming home from the café.

“Roberto, Roberto is that you? Roberto?”

She looked out her bedroom door to find a man 7’ tall wearing a black hooded cape. She was petrified. She started to scream, but no one heard her. She knew she wasn’t dreaming knowing she just put her son down to sleep. The man walked toward Lucy as she started to walk backwards to her bed. She fell back on to her bed and he took the opportunity to put his hands on around her neck.

“HELP!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!” She couldn’t breathe, she was being choked.

No one heard her cries. She heard the door opening once again and it was her husband this time. He ran over to her and felt a gust of wind go right through him.

“Lucy what’s wrong? Are you OK? What happened?”

He held her in his arms as she laid there lifeless. He got up and got her a glass of water and told her that she looked very pale. She told him the story and they were both mystified. They went to bed and where awoken in the morning by the sound of the telephone ringing.

“Lucy, your mother just died.”