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The next morning, the Perron family gathered around the table. Ed made the family pancakes as everyone chatted amongst themselves. 
Eloise walked into the room and walked over towards her parents. "Please tell me there's coffee." She groaned and placed her heavy head on her Mom's shoulder. Lorraine placed a kiss ontop of Eloise's head. "There is. Here." Ed passed her his mug that he had made for himself, but he could see Eloise needed it more than he did. "Thank you." Eloise mumbled and wrapped her hands around the warm mug and lifting it to her mouth, blowing on it to cool it down a little before taking a sip and lifting her head off of her mother's shoulder and leaned against the counter.
"I think I might take the girls for icecream later on. What do you think about that?" Rodger announced to his girls who all cheered happily. Eloise rolled her eyes. She was so grateful for her mother for only giving her one sister. She didn't think she could handle more than one.
April walked over to Ed and handed him a plate of pancakes. "Here." She smiled at him before running back off to the table to sit with her sister's. "Looks like you've got a fan." Eloise grinned at her father who held the plate of pancakes given to him by April in his hands. "Shut up and drink your coffee." Ed grinned back and patted his daughter on the shoulder's as he walked over to Lorriane who was now sat at the table too. "Honey, wanna come?" Rodger asked Carolyn. "No, I'm exhausted. I think I'm just gonna take a nap. The late nights are getting to me." Carolyn answered. Her answer made Eloise look at Carolyn in a bit of confusion. "That's probably a good idea. Why don't you get some rest. Lorraine, Ellie and I will watch the kids for a bit." Ed supports Carolyn's idea of getting some rest, Eloise nodding her head in agreement too, noticing how exhausted Carolyn looked.
"Really?" Carolyn asked unsure, and Ed nods his head in confirmation. "I'm gonna take off, I have a shift starting in an hour." Officer Brad explains as he stands up and heads out. "The house hasn't felt like this in a long time." Carolyn comments. "I think the kids feel alot safer with you guys around." 
Eloise was now sat at the table inbetween Andrea and Christine. "You see ghosts right?" Christine asked, her eyes filled with curiosity as she watched Eloise sip on her coffee. "I do. But only sometimes. Sometimes I feel their presence rather than seeing them." Eloise explained to the young girl sat beside her. "Is there any ghosts in here right now?" Christine asked, her eyes scanning the room, hoping to see something. "Yes. There's one standing right behind you." Eloise bluntly replies as she sipped her coffee, a small smirk on her face as she watched Christine snap her head around to look behind her, only to be met with disappointment as nothing was behind her. "You're mean." Christine pouted at the older girl. "I know." Eloise smirked behind her coffee mug as she took another sip. One thing Eloise loved doing, was messing with younger kids. 
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"I need to reload. Want some?" Officer Brad asked Eloise and Drew. "No thanks." Eloise smiled a little at the officer. "I'm good, thanks." 
"All right." Officer Brad said as he stood up and headed to the kitchen to refill his mug.
Eloise was sat on the sofa behind them. It wasn't a very comfortable sofa. Not great for her back either. "I'm stealing his chair. You snooze you loose." Eloise groaned in exhaustion as she sat on the chair. Her hair was a little bit frizzy, her face a bit paler than usual as her eyes drooped a bit. 
Drew glanced at the girl, admiring her features even if she knew she looked a bit rough right now. She had hardly gotten any sleep since she arrived here. Eloise noticed his glances. "Why are you looking at me like that?" Eloise snapped, her tone blunt. The two were only inches away from eachother when suddenly Officer Brad started screaming for Ed.
"Ed! Ed?! Ed!? Ed?!" 
Everyone ran over to him and saw him sat on the floor, frightened. "Dude, you okay?" Drew asked worriedly. "Hold up, Brad, what's going on?" Ed questioned. "I saw someone. A woman dressed as a maid." Brad panted heavily. Suddenly, the camera lights flickered, capturing something. "Ed? Ed, we're getting something." Lorraine called. Eloise and Ed walked over to Rodger who was going up the stairs to wake Cindy. "Its just Cindy. She's sleepwalking." Rodger informs. "No, no, no, no, no. We need this." Ed stuttered and watched Cindy walk up the stairs, setting off the other cameras.
"Why do you need pictures of Cindy sleepwalking?" Rodger asked confused. "Because she didn't trigger it." Eloise comments, following onto what her father was saying. "Somebody's with her." 
They watched Cindy walk into her room, her bedroom door slamming shut after she sleepwalked into it. "CINDY!!" Rodger yelled and ran upstairs, Ed and Eloise running up the stairs, chasing after him. 
Ed and Rodger slam their hands on the door, throwing their body weight against the door, trying to break it down, but it wasn't working. Eloise tilted her head down. "Move!" She yelled at Rodger and Ed who glanced at eachother before moving to the side. Eloise glared heavily at the door, feeling her heart beating rapidly inside her chest. Eloise glared at the bottom of the door, suddenly cracks start appearing in the bottom of the door, the cracks make their way to the top of the door, getting bigger and wider. The wood of the door started to quickly dissolve into ashes. The ashes drift onto the floor, the door no longer there as it all turned into ashes. Ed and Rodger could smell smoke, but there was no fire. Rodger doesn't hesitate and runs inside the room and starts searching for Cindy, who is no where to be seen. 
Eloise stumbles backward, her heart still racing. Ed catches her, and holds her tight in his arms. He can hear her heavy and rapid breathing. He can't comprehend what just happened. What his daughter just did. But that didn't matter right now. He needed her to be okay. "Ellie, hey, hey, snap out of it. Breathe with me. Follow my breathing." Ed snaps his fingers in front of her face, trying to get her eyes to refocus. Eloise's breathing calming down a little, her eyes snapping from one place to another, realising what she had just done. "I-I'm s-sorry." Eloise mumbled apologetically as she calmed down. "Its okay, it's okay, doors can be replaced." Ed stroked her hair soothingly as she rested her head on his chest as she hugged him, holding onto Ed for dear life. Brad and Rodger looked for Cindy. 
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