Vision of Blood

I was driving home after a long day at work. I was about to collapse and snooze right there at the wheel but at last I got home. I looked at my watch, it was almost 9:00 on January the 22nd and the lights were all off.

I walked through the door and suddenly felt a chill that rang down my spine. I thought it was just an open window. I walked into the house. No lights were on although my wife was supposed to be home. I just thought that she must have been sleeping. I went into the kitchen and the aroma of my wife’s famous cooking hit me, it was incredible.

I then walked upstairs. I heard me son snoring soundly in his small bedroom with a book stuck under his head. I smiled; he had been reading himself to sleep again. I gently lifted his head and removed the book. I then placed his head down and walked over to the master bedroom.

I walked in and was shocked to see what I find. My wife’s head hanging over the side of the bed her throat slashed and blood all over the floor. I immediately ran over to her, but she was dead. Tears streamed down my face and I just sat there crying to myself. I looked around to see if any evidence could be found. Reflected in the mirror I see the calendar that we hanged opposite to the bed. The date identifier, a small red square that moves to highlight the current date, was over the July the 24th.

The next morning I woke up in my car. I was in my drive way. I don’t know how I got here nor do I know what happened last night meant. Was it a vision or just a night mare? Either way I don’t plan on finding out. That night I immediately posted our house up for sail and bought us a new house quite far away.

Our house sold within days. But I knew it was my responsibility to warn the new neighbors of what I saw. I told them that this house is evil and that something supernatural was going to happen to the residents on the night of July 24th. They only ignored me and laughed. Sadly that’s all I could do. I got into the car and drove me and my family to our new house.

For a whole year I was glued to the TV and newspapers seeing if there was any news about a murder in that house. A whole year past and nothing happened. I laughed at myself thinking that it was actually a vision and that somebody was actually going to die. I relaxed and was finally able to get back to my life. I stopped reading the newspaper and went back to being a sports fan. I was totally relieved.

It was my son who first brought it to my attention. On the morning of July 25th, 1 year after the supposed date of the tragic death that was suppose to occur in that haunted house, a special newspaper came out. It seems that the couple that bought the house a year ago went out on vacation. They left the house at the hands of a hot housekeeper. When they returned they found the housekeeper dead on the bed, with her head hanging off the side. Her throat was slit. Forensics confirmed that she died the night of July 24th.

I was shocked when I heard the news. I knew that what I experienced that night wasn’t just a nightmare but a real vision. I could not believe I actually let something like that occurred. The only thing that I found strange was the fact that, how come I had a vision envisioning the murder more than 1 year before it happens, but also who did it.

I read the paper the next day. It said that no matter how hard the police searched they could not find a single shred of evidence that could convict someone. Horrified I put down the paper. I then got ready for work. I yawned; guess I didn’t get much sleep last night.

*Hey when did I drive all those extra miles?