A Woman Moves Into Her Childhood Home – What She Finds Terrifies Her

75. The End

Though Betsy and Allen had considered leaving the house, they ended up choosing to stay. This was their land, and they weren’t leaving. Allen returned back to school the next week, restarting his friendships and getting his grades back up.

Betsy spent her mornings staring at the burnt-out forest, thinking that, despite the husks, it was beautiful in its own way. The thin, burnt out trees had no leaves to block the sun, so they always let the light in.