The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story

When Diana returns to the shed, Georgie immediately begins “pummeling [her] with his fists” (45). Georgie is furious at Diana for letting Lissa see her but soon calms down. He makes Diana promise to stay away from the trailer. Having almost been attacked by Macduff, she agrees.

That night, Diana tosses and turns, the image of Lissa’s terrified expression burned into her mind. She wonders what Lissa must have seen to cause such fear. The longer Diana dwells on it, the more she wants to convince Lissa. Though she knows she’ll be breaking her promise to Georgie, she decides to go to the trailer. Outside, an albino deer watches Diana before running away. The trailer draws Diana closer, “as if [she] had no more willpower than a moth to a flame” (48). She hides near the trailer and waits for Lissa to go to bed.

Once Lissa falls asleep, Diana sneaks into her bedroom and goes straight to Lissa’s diary. She scours it for any hint of the day’s events as soon as she returns to the shed. For the most part, there are no surprises, except that Georgie’s “Alfie” (Lissa’s