Stay out of the basement (5) ひとまず完

Stay out of the basement (5)　ひとまず完

The phone rang.
Wiping her shrimpy hands with a dish towel, she hurried across the room to pickup the phone.

Margaret　got　a　box of juice from the fridge, popped the straw in to the top, and followed Casey into the front hallway.

The basement door, usually shut tight when Dr.Brewer was working down there, was slightly ajar.

Casey started to close it, then stopped.
" Let's go down and see what Dad is doing," he suggested.

Margaret sucked the last drops of juice through the straw and squeezed the empty box flat in her hand.
" Okey. "

She knew they probably shouldn't disturb their father, but her curiosity got the better of her.

He had been working down there for four weeks now.
All kinds of interesting equipment, lights, and plants had been delivered.

Most days he spent at least eight or nine hours down there, doing whatever it was he was doing.
And　he　hadn’t shown it　to them once.

" Yeah, Let's go, " Mrgaret said.
It was their house, too, after all.

Besides, maybe their dad was just waiting for them to show some interest.

Maybe he was hurt that they hadn't bothered to come downstairs in all this time.

She pulled the door open the rest of the way, and they stepped onto the narrow stairway.

" Hey, Dadー " Casey called excitedly.
" Dadーcan we see? " 

They were halfway down when their father appeared at the foot of stairs.

He glared up at them angrily, his skin strangely green under the fluorescent light fixture.
He was holding his right hand, drops of red blood falling onto his white lab coat.

" Stay out of the basement ! " he bellowed, and in a voice they'd never heard before.

Both kids shrank back, surprised to hear their father scream like that.
He was usually so mild and soft-spoken.

" Stay out of the basement, " he repeated, holding his bleeding hand.
" Don't ever come down hereーI'm warning you. "

(ひとまず完　5/5)

Based by　Goosebumps　Vol.2（R.L.STINE）
Stay out of the basement 



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