“The Doom Statues” — Chapter 18

Sunday morning brings with it more unrelenting gloom, which is somewhat unusual for this state, this time of the year. They’re all still waiting for an Indian Summer that hasn’t yet materialized. Prompted by Emily’s continued sleepless hysteria, though the others manage to calm her down and insist it must have been some sort of prank, because there aren’t any houses to speak of for nearly a mile in both directions of the road, those who are interested nonetheless agree to inspect the grounds on a fact finding mission.

This posse consists of Emily and Denise, Jeremy and Clay, Grace, and the documentarians among them, Lydia and Tony, all trailing around behind Kidwell, as he makes his rounds with a grim determination. After he somewhat reluctantly concludes that putting up a nice, sturdy fence on both sides, at least as far back as the cabins on one and the barn on the other, is probably something that needs done anyway, the Garverick sisters go one further and suggest he install a few video cameras on site as well. He shoots them a dubious glance until Lydia chimes in with her verdict.

“That’s probably not a bad idea,” she tells him, giving Kidwell a cautious smile, “I’m just thinking from a legal standpoint, especially if we’re gonna have people here to visit…”