The Shadow on the Stairs

He was cold and shaking all over. He closed his hands into his fists so his fingernails were digging into his palms, but he couldnt stop the shaking...People say Joes new house is haunted. Every night, he looks for the shadow on the attic stairs. Sometimes he thinks he can see it, sometimes he knows he cant. He tells himself that he isnt scared and wishes he could get the idea that it is evil out of his mind. But he never suspects that something much worse than seeing a strange shadow is