 Hey you guys, so it is time for girl. I don't know what's going on with the camera. I don't know what's going on JB's in their building so it's time for another story time now. I've already shared this Series or this story with JB. This is going to be a three-part fix you a drink Get you some snacks Get you some water Yeah, water get you some water girl I'm gonna get you some snacks cuz we're gonna jump into it So the main character of this story as a little boy JB is he nine or ten years old? He's like ten nine or ten And his name is Landon Landon lives up in Ohio with his mother and His little brother little John John and his stepfather now. Unfortunately Landon's father has His father left when he was just a baby and then his mother remarried and that's how little John John came about So y'all have to excuse me because sometimes I like to get into character and basically tell these people's lines Like I'm the I'm the person so that's what I'll do every now and then so don't be confused girl I start sounding like a nine-year-old so It's Sunday morning and Landon awakes to his parents Yelling in their bedroom. This has become quite often in their household and he understands that adults sometimes You know like to argue, but their his parents haven't argued a lot more often So later on the afternoon after having dinner his mother kind of clears her throat and say Landon I have some exciting news for you We were to be spending the summer down in Alabama with aunt Denise and her children And Landon eyes kind of line up. He's like, oh really? She's like, yeah, baby We're gonna go down there me you and John John and we're gonna spend the entire summer there So John John kind of excuse me Landon kind of looks at his stepfather. He's like so you're not coming and The stepfather kind of looks down at his plate. It says no son. I'm not coming But he say hey, I'll be able to visit you guys every now and then so Landon's like oh, how long are we gonna stay and So Landon's mother said just for the month We just there to help on Denise with the kids for the summertime Denise had apparently had an accident Early on the year and was trying to you know, she had been on disability and was getting help from their grandmother that also lives there, but She still needs additional help so he's like, so when are we leaving and that's when the mother said We're gonna be leaving next week Landon's like next week mama, but that's so soon. I don't need to get it I wouldn't even get a chance to say bye to my friend. She said baby, you'll be back in the mom There's no need to say bye to anyone. So he's like, okay so fast forward to the next week they load up Rental car and they head down to Alabama now Landon had only been to Alabama once before and the only thing he Remember was it being hot and hot? That's all he remember child and they arrived the mother when they arrived they pulled up into some apartment complex and They get out the car, you know, Landon's mother shout y'all get up now And so Landon helps little John John out of his car seat little John John It's just two years old going on three. So he's just a toddler. Okay helps little John John on his car and His mother and they all go up to what looks like an office And they gather some keys and go into the apartment the apartment's kind of small and stuffy And so they go into one of the bedrooms and Landon Landon mother turns around and said this is where you guys would be sleeping And he's like mama one one bedroom. I you know, I gotta share a bedroom with John John. She's like, yes It's okay. She said but he's like, but John John piece in a bit mama She said Landon you guys would have separate beds and sometimes John John could sleep with me He looked down and said, okay, then she said when I need for you to go ahead and unpack Because in the morning, we're gonna go ahead and go see Aunt Denise and the kids. So Lyndon unpacks. He's very tired. So he doesn't unpack everything he unpacks what he can so he can go ahead and go to bed The next morning they drive over to Aunt Denise. She lives in an apartment complex about 20 minutes away So not too far So so not too far away. He's listening to the story not too far away. Okay, so as they arrive He sees his cousins out. He's the younger cousins out waving at them as they're pulling in they already recognized His mother so Aunt Denise has four kids She has a 16 year old or 14 year old and two twins 10 year old twins that are basically the same age as Landon Now he hasn't seen his cousins in like two or three years. So he's excited to see them too So as they parked the smaller kids in the 12 year old she's 12 10 12 and 16 Yeah, 10 12 and 16 Tiffany and We don't have a name for the 16 year old yet And she really doesn't have to have a name because she's not gonna be in the story as much but Tiffany is the two-year-old twins are knocking on Landon's window and asking him that you know roll it down and so he rolls it down and The twins name there's red. I don't I forgot his real name JB his nickname is red and Passion is a little girl. They call him red the little boy red because he has undertone the red in his hair I've got red hair child. So red and passion and Passion was like you look at you. Why don't you go ahead and get out the car? So Landon kind of looks to her and he gets out and she looks at him She's like, oh, he's tall red. He's about as tall as you are red looked at Landon said no He's not we bought the same height. So, you know, they hug and That's when past she said come on. Why don't I show you my room? So they go inside the apartment complex and Passion shows Land in her room that she shares with Tiffany and then red has his own room And of course the older the older daughter has her own room. Okay. So anyway, you guys They just make small talk. They have Lunch over aunt Denise and aunt Denise is still not doing too well. She has problems with her back That's what had that's what has happened since the core accident She has had problems with her back and sometimes she has dizzy spells. Okay, according to the doctor They're not sure why they're out hanging out at the local playground That's an apartment complex and that's when passion said hey Landon Next time you come we should go in the woods and check out that old crazy cat woman And that's when red eyes kind of darken when she said that and Landon looks kind of confused. He said crazy cat woman My portion is like, yeah, there's some crazy old woman that lives out in the woods And some people think she's a witch. That's when the red says she ain't no witch Red says she ain't no witch That she said yes, she is That's why you was so scared when you saw her red didn't say anything and Landon looked at red He said you saw her you saw the old woman and red just shook his head. Yes So they left it at that said their goodbyes and went home A couple of days go by and they're settling into the Department into Alabama, but Landon is not sure if he could get used to the humidity because it's nothing like Ohio Everything's just totally different down in the south. So They go They go over to aunt Denny's house almost every weekend though and finally one weekend It's when passion finally tried to convince them all to go into the woods So passion said Landon this one this one weekend. They were all together and Landon We're gonna go ahead and try to go into the woods and this time Tiffany's gonna go with us. So that way mama won't suspect anything red kind of looks scared He said, I don't think we should go in those woods Passion said you just a scaredy cat. He says I'm not no scaredy cat So Tiffany comes out she had been in the bedroom Breeding her hair. She's a y'all ready. And so they all shook their heads. So I'm passion shoot the shots over to her mom She's a mama We're gonna go over to so-and-so's house and we'll be back and so underneath. So okay Y'all just be back before dinner. So they all shook their heads, right? So they head on out towards the woods as they get towards the edge of the woods That's what Tiffany turns around. She has her cell phone. She's a y'all y'all going there by yourself But only being there for ten minutes and then that's when she taps passion on her shoulder She said look here little girl ten minutes past. She said, okay, ten minutes Back myself up. So they head on out into the woods and Landon is a bit nervous. So they're walking out So Landon Shouts over to the twins are walking in front of him because they know where to go, right? And it's not very thick. There's a trail. So they're following the trail Big tall pine and oak trees But it's not too thick, you know, and it's not as bad as he thought it would be. It's not as scary. So Rick set up a head He's actually there's a couple of people that live in these woods So it's not as bad but that crazy cat lady got to just stay away from and past your shaker head She's like, I don't think that lady is crazy as y'all think so they're walking walking and suddenly there was an open clearance and up Ahead is where Landon saw a small little house now It wasn't a shack it wasn't a run-down house, but he could tell it was fairly old and probably needed some work on too and so Passion turned around and whispered there it is right there Landon That's the house where the old lady the old cat lady lives in and Landon looked at it He couldn't see anything going on He didn't see any lights or anything inside of the house and so that's when he's he whisper He's like why you call her an old cat woman? So Portia kind of leaned in and said well Rumor has it that apparently she's been stealing on the neighborhood cats and doing things to them That's when the real road he's out. He's like you just making up stories passion turned around. She's like, uh-uh That's what they told me at school. So it's true So they start walking close towards the house child. They're probably around 20 to 30 feet away That's when passion turns around and said Landon. I dare you to go up there and knock on the door Landon wasn't too sure his heart started racing a little bit But he wasn't no chicken and so red kind of says red kind of sit on his breath He said y'all I think we should go ahead and go back home Mama's probably looking for us passion said you just getting scared to get red Landon's not scared though, right Landon Landon kind of hesitated, but then he finally got up and said no, I'm not scared. I'll go up there So Landon starts walking taking his time halfway there He turns around he sees Portia bit down kind of laughing next to her twin brother, right? So he goes ahead and make his way up and Then he looks there's two windows. He looks in it is he kind of can't see inside He sees a little bit of furniture and shadows, but he really can't make out anything So he looks around and he thoughts himself. This has to be a joke. No one lives in this house They're just doing this to test me so he turns around and says there ain't nobody here No one lives in this house. There's nothing gonna happen all of a sudden He sees Portia face change and she's doing like this to be quiet and he sees red He say you guys are just trying to trick me you trying to scare me, but I'm not easily scared There's nobody here. There's nothing going on. It's probably Tiffany and his old shack That's when he turned around and standing in the doorway was this older black woman with long curly gray silver hair And that's when everything turned black for landing. That's it for part one