My Grandfather, Who Favored Boys over Girls, Came to Claim My Life

I returned to school with a ring of gauze wrapped around my head. My deskmate handed me her notes. "I heard you fell from the attic. How could you be so careless?" I took the notes and whispered, "My grandfather, who's dead, pushed me down from upstairs." 1. It was late at night, and all was quiet. I was asleep in my dormitory bed when a bone-chilling gust of wind suddenly swept over me, making me shiver with cold. I wanted to reach for my blanket, but I couldn't move at all. My whole body had gone stiff. Just then, I heard the dormitory door creak open, followed by footsteps that came straight to my bedside,