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Cristina y Juan tenían una familia hermosa, compuesta de dos hijos muy lindos y bien portados, el pequeño José y la pre-adolescente Lilian. Tenían 15 años de feliz matrimonio, todo había marchado sobre ruedas, con sus altas y bajas, como toda pareja, pero con el tiempo su relación se había consolidado. Lo único que no habían logrado obtener era la casa de sus sueños, siempre habían vivido alquilados en lugares económicos, para tratar de ahorrar para la compra de esa casa soñada.
Y por fin se había llegado el día. Habían comprado una hermosa casa con todo lo que ellos querían, 3 habitaciones espaciosas, con dos baños cómodos y modernos, una sala de estar medianamente amplia, una cocina con todos los artefactos de última generación, un hermoso jardín delante de la casa con muchas rosas y un patio trasero totalmente cercado. La habían adquirido bastante económica a lo que pensaron que valdría, eso era lo mejor, el precio, incluso les había quedado para unos pocos arreglos.
Se mudaron de inmediato al cerrar el negocio, pues la casa estaba deshabitada desde hace un buen tiempo, se dieron a la tarea de ir a limpiar los espacios antes. Ese día, todos estaban felices, por fin estaban en su casa, limpiando su hogar. Cristina y Juan estaban supercontentos, pero con Lilian las cosas no fluían igual. Había algo en el lugar, que la hacía sentir incómoda, por el contrario, el pequeño José, andaba a sus anchas correteando por todo el lugar. Lilian trato de quitar esas sensaciones de su mente y se trató de integrar a la felicidad familiar.
Pasaron los días y todo iba normal, Juan y Cristina en sus trabajos, José en su preescolar y Lilian de su secundaria a la casa, hasta que se llegaba la hora de retirar al pequeño José por las tardes de su colegio y luego a esperar a sus padres hasta bien entrada la noche, esa era la rutina. En ocasiones Lilian no tenía clases y pasaba mucho tiempo sola; cuando esto sucedía se ponía a hacer sus deberes escolares o a oír música o las dos cosas. Siempre le daba la impresión de ser observada, pero trataba de restarle importancia a esa sensación.
Una tarde Lilian estaba acostada en su cama con los auriculares oyendo música, su hermano estaba en su cuarto jugando, ya eran como las 6 de la tarde, cuando con el rabillo del ojo, vio una sombra pasar hacia el cuarto del pequeño José, pensó que sería él correteando como siempre, hasta que el grito de su hermano retumbó en sus oídos atravesando su música, fue muy fuerte salió corriendo a ver que sucedía, consiguió al pequeño lívido, viendo hacia una esquina de su cuarto llorando en shock...
Lilian le preguntaba que qué le paso y él sencillamente le decía, que una sombra grande de alguien se había parado enfrente de él a verlo y que sintió mucho miedo; Lilian trató de calmarlo y decirle que serian imaginaciones que a lo mejor se había quedado dormido y lo había soñado, así logro calmarlo, hasta que llegaron sus padres; les contaron a ellos y estos los regañaron porque seguro estaban viendo programas de terror o algo así y no les prestaron mayor atención...
Los días pasaron y de nuevo Lilian estando en la sala, vio pasar descaradamente 3 sombras que en nada se inmutaron para pasar justo delante de ella, como si ella no existiera, hacia los cuartos. Esta vez se quedó paralizada y cuando reaccionó estaba fuera de la casa, esperando para ir a buscar a su hermanito. No sabía como explicar lo que vio. Fue buscó a su hermano y con la excusa de jugar con él, se quedó fuera de la casa hasta que llegaron sus padres..., de nuevo les contó y no le creyeron pues ellos no habían visto nada.
Luego de esto ya para Lilian era usual verles pasar, uno tras el otro de un lado al otro, eran dos sombras grandes y una pequeña que "corría" por todos los espacios, ya al pequeño José no le impresionaba "las sombras" pues siempre las miraba pasar, pues no se habían acercado más a ellos, solo les veían pasar, aunque siempre se impresionaban y no podían estar cómodos en casa. Hasta que un fin de semana, los padres estaban libres de trabajo y estaban en casa, entonces decidieron quedarse en casa a ver una película con los chicos.
Todos estaban en la sala, contentos de poder compartir en familia, junto a cada uno a sus respectivas cotufas, listos para su tarde de películas. Estaban sentados en el mueble grande; ya iba a comenzar la película, todos estaban relajados riéndose, cuando desde la cocina, vieron pasar una sombra grande como las de un hombre corpulento y se paró justo al lado del televisor, como mirándolos fijamente, todos estaban atónitos observando aquella loca escena; no habían salido de la sorpresa cuando vieron otra sombra más pequeña, como de una mujer salir del mismo lugar...
Y tras de ella, la sombra más pequeña como de un niño, corriendo alrededor de todos de ellos. La familia se quedó pasmada sin saber que hacer, cuando las sombras más grandes empezaron a prenderles y apagarles el televisor..., en ese instante Cristina no soporto, se levantó de un brinco tomo a sus dos hijos y salió corriendo del sitio, Juan reaccionó y busco las llaves del carro e hizo lo mismo que su familia, al salir volteo y pudo ver a la "familia sombra" sentarse justo donde ellos habían estado sentados, como si fuesen a ver ellos la película...
Por supuesto, la familia no fue más a aquel sitio, buscaron a los antiguos propietarios y les dijeron lo que les había pasado, les preguntaron que si ellos sabían algo del tema. Estos admitieron, que por eso habían vendido el lugar tan barato, pues ningún inquilino duraba allí más de un mes, por eso la venta de la casa... A Juan y a Cristina no les quedo otra que hacer lo mismo... si querían recuperar algo de su dinero. Mientras la "familia sombra", seguirán allí esperando a los nuevos propietarios...
English
Cristina and Juan had a beautiful family, composed of two very cute and well-behaved children, little José and pre-teen Lilian. They had been happily married for 15 years, everything had gone smoothly, with ups and downs, like every couple, but over time their relationship had consolidated. The only thing they had not been able to get was the house of their dreams, they had always lived rented in cheap places, to try to save for the purchase of that dream house.
And finally the day had come. They had bought a beautiful house with everything they wanted, 3 spacious bedrooms, two comfortable and modern bathrooms, a moderately large living room, a kitchen with all the latest appliances, a beautiful garden in front of the house with many roses and a fully fenced backyard. They had acquired it quite cheaply at what they thought it would be worth, that was the best part, the price, they had even had enough left over for a few repairs.
They moved in immediately at the close of business, as the house had been uninhabited for quite some time, they made it a point to go and clean up the spaces beforehand. That day, everyone was happy, they were finally at home, cleaning their home. Cristina and Juan were very happy, but with Lilian things were not going well. There was something about the place that made her feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, little Jose was running around the place. Lilian tried to get those feelings out of her mind and tried to integrate herself to the family happiness.
Days went by and everything was normal, Juan and Cristina in their jobs, Jose in his preschool and Lilian from her high school to the house, until it was time to pick up little Jose in the afternoon from school and then wait for his parents until late at night, that was the routine. Sometimes Lilian had no classes and spent a lot of time alone; when this happened she would do her homework or listen to music or both. It always gave her the impression that she was being watched, but she tried to downplay the feeling.
One afternoon Lilian was lying on her bed with the headphones on listening to music, her brother was in his room playing, it was already around 6 pm, when with the corner of her eye, she saw a shadow passing towards little Jose's room, she thought it would be him running around as usual, until her brother's scream echoed in her ears piercing her music, it was very loud she ran out to see what was happening, she got the little boy livid, looking towards a corner of his room crying in shock....
Lilian asked him what happened to him and he simply told her that a big shadow of someone had stood in front of him to see him and that he felt very scared; Lilian tried to calm him down and told him that it was his imagination and that maybe he had fallen asleep and had dreamed it, so he managed to calm him down, until his parents arrived; they told them and they scolded them because they were watching horror shows or something like that and did not pay more attention...
The days went by and again Lilian was in the living room, she saw 3 shadows shamelessly passing by and they didn't even flinch to pass right in front of her, as if she didn't exist, towards the rooms. This time she froze and when she reacted she was outside the house, waiting to go look for her little brother. She did not know how to explain what she saw. She went looking for her brother and with the excuse of playing with him, she stayed outside the house until her parents arrived..., again she told them and they did not believe her because they had not seen anything.
After this it was usual for Lilian to see them pass, one after the other from one side to the other, they were two big shadows and a small one that "ran" through all the spaces, and little José was not impressed by "the shadows" because he always watched them pass, they had not come closer to them, they only saw them pass, although they were always impressed and could not be comfortable at home. Until one weekend, the parents were free from work and were at home, so they decided to stay home and watch a movie with the kids.
They were all in the living room, happy to be able to share as a family, with their respective snacks, ready for their evening of movies. They were sitting on the large piece of furniture; the movie was about to start, they were all relaxed laughing, when from the kitchen, they saw a big shadow like that of a corpulent man pass by and he stood right next to the TV set, as if staring at them, they were all astonished watching that crazy scene; they were not out of their surprise when they saw another smaller shadow, like that of a woman coming out of the same place?
And behind her, the smaller shadow of a child, running around all of them. The family was stunned without knowing what to do, when the bigger shadows started to turn on and turn off the TV set..., at that moment Cristina could not stand it, she jumped up, took her two children and ran out of the place, Juan reacted and looked for the car keys and did the same as his family, when he went out he turned around and could see the "shadow family" sitting right where they had been sitting, as if they were going to watch the movie...
Of course, the family did not go to that place anymore, they looked for the former owners and told them what had happened to them, they asked them if they knew anything about it. They admitted that that was why they had sold the place so cheaply, since no tenant stayed there for more than a month, and that was the reason for the sale of the house... Juan and Cristina had no choice but to do the same... if they wanted to recover some of their money. While the "shadow family" will continue to wait for the new owners...
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