Haunting Laughter in the Night

When I was a child, I lived in an old Victorian house, and I would always hear laughing while

I was trying to sleep. I was an only child with a single mother, and when I was about

5-6, I would wake up hearing laughter in the hallway in the middle of the

night. After mentioning this to my mum, she swore it was probably just the

TV being left on late. One night, I awoke hearing the laughter in

my room. I went to sit up but felt like there was someone holding my shoulders down,

invisible hands gripping into my shoulders while I heard laughing. I screamed my little

heart out. My mum ran into my room, flicking on the bedside lamp,