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59%u201cOkay, come on then.%u201dThey went to the toilet and David said, %u201cI%u2019ll pull it open. Do you wish to go first?%u201d%u201cYou bet,%u201d she replied.It took David several tugs on the wooden handle before the door shifted. He saw why. Several nails had been hammered at an angle at the sides into the surrounding frame.%u201cIt appears someone wanted it closed good and proper,%u201d David said. %u201cReady?%u201dElaine stepped forward and cautiously climbed down a wooden stair case. She could not see more than a few feet away as the tiny tea light could not illuminate further into the pitch black cellar. She reached the bottom.%u201cI%u2019m at the bottom. Come on down. She heard him coming and moved forward slightly to give him room.%u201cUrgh!%u201d she blurted out.%u201cWhat is it?%u201d David shouted down.%u201cI just stepped into a mess of tangled web. It stuck to my face and all over my front.%u201d She shouted up, and heard him giggle. %u201cDon%u2019t laugh. It%u2019s ghastly.%u201dHe alighted beside her. %u201cI thought that%u2019s what you wanted.%u201d%u201cUm. I%u2019ve changed my mind. Let%u2019s go upstairs and we can explore tomorrow with a proper light down here and a hoover.%u201dThey went to bed and had sex just once before David fell asleep. She hungered for more and lay awake for another thirty minutes before she eventually did, too.Downstairs, off the side of the hallway, half lit by a light left on in the living room, was the darkened toilet with its old wooden trap door Spider