The Halloween, skeleton in the closet. Dedicated to Mila, who supports StoryNori on Patreon. Hello, this is Jana. I'm back with a new episode from our series about the haunted Dutch hotel.

We began this series a year ago in the run-up to Halloween.

If you've been following, you will know that the Jones family managed the Dutch We began this series a year ago in the run-up to Halloween.

If you've been following, you will know that the Jones family managed the Dutch Hotel.

There are all sorts of strange apparitions that might be ghosts, or might be time travellers.

One member of the family is steadfastly skeptical about all things supernatural.

And that is the mother, Angeliki.

In this episode, we find out why.

The Halloween skeleton in the closet.

It was October and of course the main event in the Dutch hotel's calendar was Halloween.

The staff were planning a fancy dress ball with or without any real ghosts.

But in the personal life of the Jones family, who managed the hotel, the biggest event on

the horizon was the arrival of Angeliki's mother from Cyprus. She was planning a two-week stay.

Just in time for Halloween? Alan remarked dryly, and as soon as he had muttered the words,

he was relieved that his wife had not

heard them. The truth was, Alan didn't mind his mother-in-law too much. It was just that she could be

a little bit domineering. On her previous visit, Alan had been growing a beard. Eleni, that was her name, chided him every day, saying,

What, are you becoming a priest?

Fortunately, Alan could smile about Eleni and her eccentric views.

But what he found harder to bear was when Angeliki and her mother started quarrelling.

Sometimes the shouting got so loud that he had to go out to the pub for some peace and quiet.

That was in the old days when they were in the small Mews house.

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