Rainsford cursed the ground he was standing, he had chosen to do the right thing and paid the price. He imagined the faces of the people laughing as they streamed away, and kicked the sand. He stopped abruptly when his foot hit something in the sand. Rainsford yelped in pain. Kneeling to the ground, Rainsford stared in bewilderment at what his foot had hit, it was a mummified monkey’s paw, he reached towards it. As soon as his fingers touched the paw, an odd sense of foreboding passed through him. He pocketed the item, and out of frustration, trudged home.
Rainsford had always found himself more comfortable when not surrounded by people. Hunting had left him alone, as he worked his best like this. But this, this was different, nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one he could talk to. He felt himself craving human company desperately. Out of his loneliness and despair, Rainsford had grown attached to the monkey’s paw, often finding himself caressing the thing when he felt lonely. On a radiant day, one where Rainsford found himself especially lonely, …show more content…
Of course this understanding was a mutual hatred for Rainsford. They all had lived quite peaceful lives before; Miss Strangeworth merrily handling her garden, Vera hanging around her aunt’s house, and Elena doing.... Well no one actually knew what Elena was doing, and they’d really prefer not to. The one thing they did know, however, was that Rainsford had been the one to bring them to this place, and that they wanted him gone.
Late one stormy afternoon, as Rainsford was getting ready for dinner he found a white envelope passed by his door, the envelope seemed to scream at him to open it. To feed Rainsford’s curiosity, he bent down and picked it up, opening it carefully he pulled out a letter that stated in childish print, “Watch your back they’re after you.” Rainsford was confused as to what this meant and who this came from. No one else lived on his