Come in, Dear

Oh, hi! Didn’t see you there. Isn’t it so nice out? Come in, come in! I haven’t had company for so long.
Oh, you’re not supposed to go into the homes of strangers? Don’t worry, I’m safe. I won’t do anything. Cross my heart.
Alright, feel free to to sit anywhere. Would you like some tea? Cookies, maybe? No?
Right. You came for the candy. Can’t blame you.
It is Halloween, after all.
Before I give you any, I’ll tell you a story. 
Once, there was an ordinary little girl like any other. She loved Halloween because of the candy, like everyone else.
She was also very, very foolish.
On one fateful Halloween night, much like this one, she knocked on the door of a couple who had just moved into that area and said the usual trick-or-treat thing that every child said.
They invited her in, saying that she’d get candy and that they were perfectly safe.
She went in.
What a mistake…
When they sat her down and gave her some juice, she drank it instantly. 
After a couple minutes, she started to feel woozy.
Then, blackness started to flicker at the edges of her sight.
Darkness spread its wings over her vision, and she blacked out.
She never woke up again.
Oh, don’t look so afraid. I wasn’t trying to scare you. 
Did I make all this up? Oh, no.
I could never make up anything that morbid.
How do I know this?
The little girl…was…me.
My body was never found, and even I forget where it is now.
All I know is that the couple that killed me died slowly and painfully.
In fact, this is the very house where it happened.
Now, run along. Take your candy with you.
Just don’t be so trusting of people. 
Who knows what I could’ve done to you?
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