Descent Into Darkness

It’s the wrong night to be alone.
Living with her daughter, Valerie, Emily Kemp can hardly tell the difference.
With an empty tea cup, a wealth of mess, and a photo of her ex-husband on the entertainment unit, Emily makes for bed.
Awoken half way through the night, half of the bed unoccupied, Emily thinks it sounded like a bang.
Wobbly feet carry her to investigate, satisfied breaths carry her back to bed after abandonment.
She stops in the doorway.
And then she sees it.