Lake Mungo Page #3

So I went into Allie's room.

I don't really know why...

...but l found myself

sitting down on the chair...

...in front of the dresser.

Before l could work out

what l was doing...

...Allie walked in.

She went over to her desk,

sharpened a pencil...

...and looked like

she was checking...

...for text messages

on her phone.

l was completely

freaked out.

She was completely

oblivious to my presence.

l don't know

what happened...

...l must've moved the bed

or squeaked my shoes...

...but she went

completely rigid.

l knew then that she knew

that l was there.

She slowly turned around,

looked me right in the eye...

...fully for what felt

like forever...

...and then she just

came at me.

Stood up and said:

''Get out! Get out!''

l got up and ran out

as fast as l could.

l could hear Russell crying.

He was here in the kitchen...

...Mathew and l

found him in here.

He was sobbing.

He was absolutely

inconsolable.

Did you believe Russell

when he said he saw a ghost?

Yeah, l do. l believe

he saw what he saw.

He's not the kind of man

to make something up.

So, l believe he saw something.

Whether it's a real ghost

or not, l don't really know...

...but l'm sure

he saw something.

I remember trying

to talk to members...

...of the church about

how to help June...

...and how to help

the Palmers.

There didn't seem to be

anything we could do.

I think part

of the reason was...

...because they weren't

church-goers...

...and didn't know how

to offer them comfort.

I don't even know

what June believes in.

l found myself mostly

concerned about Mathew.

I guess because those two

were always so close.

I was worried

how he would cope.

I remember he was

spending more time alone.

We were worried about him.

Mathew came in with some

unusual bruises on his body.

Unusual in terms

of distribution and depth.

We obviously took a history

trying to exclude trauma...

...but there was no history

he was able to give us.

We tested him for vasculitis,

excluded poisoning...

...or toxins in his system.

We were unable to turn up

anything conclusive...

...and several weeks

after the bruises...

...resolved spontaneously,

we were never really able...

...to establish a cause

for them.

My name is Steve Wilkie.

I'm Mathew's best friend.

l usually stay at Mathew's

two or three times a week.

We started a band together.

We normally play music

at my house.

Mathew seems

to be quieter...

...but he was always

very quiet.

I guess there weren't

warning bells going off.

I'd heard about June

going into people's houses...

...and Mathew never wanted

to talk about any of that.

l never asked him

about any of it.

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