Ghost Boy
This Story took place in the 1950's
Location Key West, Florida
I was about 11 years old. I shared a bed with an older sister. On the other side of the room a younger sister slept. Our beds were separated by a night table which sat my jewelry box given to me by my aunt. It was Saturday morning before daylight. I hear this banging on my jewelry box, like someone trying to wake me. I kept my eyes closed thinking it was my younger brother, and wondering why he was playing drums on my jewelry box on a Saturday morning-no school. The drumming kept on and my side of the bed was next to the jewelry box. Finally I quickly sat up irritated, fixing to yell at my brother. I turned my head to the right. That's not my brother! We locked eyes for a moment.
Me shocked by a strange boy about 8 years old standing right next to me. Then quickly he ducked down and scrambled out of my room. It's funny, cause to this day I can still remember that he was of light brown skin and had on only a white pair of shorts. So when he made his way down our stairs i could hear a faint tinkling of glass. I was in shock, wondering who he was and why he was in my room. I did not close my eyes after that. I waited for my mother to get up. She got up every morning at 4:00 am to get my step dad off to work, as he was a milk man. I told her what I had seen. Of course she thought I had had a dream. I tried to convince her other wise but to no avail. So it was never spoken of.
Years later after we had all grown up, my younger sister was visiting my mom, and I was there. I brought up the subject to my mom and my younger sister said,"I saw him too!" I asked her why she never mentioned it. She said no one would have believed her. Oh and by the way, after telling my mom on the morning it happened, she checked all the doors and windows, and they were all locked.
Author: Evelyn
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