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no one ever visits the manor. not since. . . well. no two stories ever seemed to match. in the village , the house is spoken in hushes , with whispers of a physician who vanished without a traces. others pity his poor nervous β
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β you must see! β the woman insists , though the words a less of a request and more like the revealing of a secret , delivered with the eagerness of a child showing off some treasured marvel. without preamble , she takes the stranger β
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β shoulder , wide - eyed and grinning. she squeezes his hand once before dropping it and crossing the threshold. ragged strips of wallpaper hang from the walls , but its pattern remains mostly intact.
β there, β she says , lifting a reverent hand to one of the β
/. iβll get to the rest of these in the next few days. still have no idea what iβm doin with this account but iβm having a grand ol time figuring it out β‘ like this is you wanna be apart of that journey
a stalemate. for a moment , she only stares at the badge , entirely unsure of what to do. that unease crawls through the house with her. little by little , her grip loosens from the door. β my husband will be home soon, β she insists.
β from someone who used to live here. . . Five minutes, please. I'm a private investigator, and I just need to find out something. β
β harry was showing his ID through the slot. so that she would understand for sure that his curiosity was not just words. β
do you ever feel like youβre losing control of your life & everythingβs crumbling down around you & you canβt do anything about it & like thereβs this terrible , terrible , terrible thing inside of you that needs to escape ? β¦
β harry was standing at the manor, and when he saw the open door, he managed to react and put his foot out so that it would not slam shut.β
β i'm sorry, I don't want to disturb you. My name is Harold. . .
And I need to know something, just a five minutes, please? β
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β instant , she thinks it might be john , returning from wherever the house had hidden him.
jane dashes for the staircase at once , bare feet striking steps in hurried succession as she descends toward the foyer. by the time the knock arrives , she is already β