The Body Of Ella
She was awakened by a loud muffled thump. She opened her eyes. It was dark and silent in a rainy night. The roof made pitter- patter noise as the rain drops fell on the roof. On the bedside table, there was an alarm clock, ticking its way round the numbers. She picked it up and squinted at it. 12:30. What could possibly happen at this time? Again the loud thump echoed through the room. She scrambled upon her bed, scared. Again that thumps. She looked at the wall directly behind her. The noise seemed to be coming from that wall, probably from the other room. She leaned closer to the wall and pressed her ear to it. Thump! She backed away. Thump! Thump! Thump! There seemed to be some kind of rhythm in that sound, …