Beneath These Walls

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Six months ago my husband tried to kill me.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Now my sons and I are living in an old Victorian house passed down to me by my uncle. The house may be big but the town is small... it's safe which is something I haven't felt in a very long time. And best of all it's very far away from my ex.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>As soon as we move in however I discover that this house has an eerie reputation. Rumor has it my uncle was a mysterious man accused of atrocious things which is drawing a lot of unwanted attention our way.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>And the last thing we need is attention; </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>we need to stay </em><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>invisible</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> if we want to stay </em><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>alive</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>.</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>But how can we remain invisible when things keep happening in this house? Strange things. Horrific things that have the whole town talking. We were supposed to be safe here but it's becoming glaringly apparent to me that we're in real danger.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Then I remind myself: </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>I'm a mother.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>And a mother will do anything to protect her children.</strong></p><p><br></p>