(Excerpt From Upcoming Book) The Witch Next Door, by Deirdrie LoVerso
The old woman was named Rottina because of the rotten smell
that seeped through her skin when she was born.
She is not just a woman with a bad attitude. No, she is a witch; an evil witch who not
only casts spells but has power that you’ve never seen. Her husband, Fester, was handsome once
upon a time. But each time that he would
say something mean to Rottina she would put a curse on him. She made his face ugly and hideous, took away his hair, gave him a
hunch back, dimmed his eyes, and
made one of his legs useless. Rottina
was cursed by another witch when she got married, causing her to never be able to
have children. Now she and Fester hate kids. Read more...
“Niles, what’s wrong with you? Eat your food,” demanded his father. “Nothing, Dad, I’m fine,” replied Niles. “Niles, did you know Amber lost her tooth today?” asked Mrs. McClain.
Niles tried to look surprised, as if he had not heard the news. “Uh…no. Oh yeah? You lost your tooth, Am?” “Yes. See? I loss da toot. ‘Ya wanna eat it?”
“Now, tell me all of the bad words you can think of… really bad words.” Angel thought for a moment. “Ah, let’s see… dumb, stupid, ugly, stinky, doo-doo, poop…” Jade said, “That’s good. But, think of some words even worse than those. Come, follow me.” Jade led her down the block. “Well, I can think of some very bad words that I heard some teenagers say. I could get in a lot of trouble if anyone hears me say them.” Angel explained. Jade had a sneaky look on her face. Angel knew that look all too well. For, whenever Jade had this look on her face she was up to no good.