A Curious Thing Happened

Trinity turned toward her beautiful townhouse
But as soon as she unlocked her front door
A curious thing happened...

The knocker that had once been a beautiful brass lion head
Had morphed into the face of her recently deceased business partner
Neil Down
The face looked at Trinity
Trinity looked at the face
The face blinked
“Nope”

Trinity made her way up the staircase to her chambers on the second floor
She had just settled under the covers
When a sound came from the first floor
Trinity strained to hear
“Bah! Humbug!” she reassured herself
A creak went up the staircase
Trinity bolted upright
Clank went something heavy on the landing outside the door
“Who’s there?”
Again, nothing. Then–
Trinity’s eyes darted to the fireplace
And there leaning against the mantel
Bedazzled in heavy chains, and sipping a brandy
Neil Down