Day three

You hear a baby crying, but you know you are alone

Time: 10:55-11:15 prompt from the iPhone app

The family warned me that this would happen. I remember that...mrs smith said (and I quote) "at around 9pm you will hear a baby crying but do not be alarmed...we're not sure where it comes from. But all we know is that it's not ours"

My first thought was 'why haven't you figured more out that when it happens?' but I held my tongue as the family was paying me much more than this house sitting job warranted..I wasn't going to screw it up.

The thing is that the crying didn't stop... I had expected a few cries and that was that. But it didn't stop at one or two cries but it went on and on for 10 minutes. After a while I couldn't stand it so I got up and started trying to follow the sound. I wandered the house for a good hour before I pinpointed the sound to a hallway.

As I started to narrow down where the cries were coming from they were getting gradually quieter the further I wandered down the hall. I was opening every door hoping I could see the culprit of the crying.

Finally I reached the last door. As I turned the handle the crying stopped. I opened the door and there on the single bed (the only piece of furniture in the room) was mrs smith sitting cross legged on the bed with a big smile on her face.

"I'm impressed...you lasted almost 45 minutes longer than any other of the house sitters. It's a shame I have to kill you now."