Blackberry eyes stared at the old rundown house before her. It was her grandfather’s. He had left it to her in his will. The paint was faded and peeling from the wooden slats on the side. Elaine wrapped her arms around herself, bracing herself from the storm of memories that came flooding through her ... bittersweet.
The wind playfully tucked at her raven hair, spiralling down her back as it wrapped her summer dress around her slender form like a glove. Elaine slowly walked up the pathway, stepping onto the broad porch that wrapped around the entire house before she pushed the door open. The hinges creaked under the weight, revealing an empty void that her memory filled with furniture, drapings and laughter that used to fill these empty rooms.
She slowly walked through the house, her footsteps falling hollowly on the wooden floor. As she stepped into the master bedroom, her dark eyes riveted on a key that was left on the windowsill, as if it was meant for her to find. It was the only thing in the entire house. Intrigued, Elaine took a few steps closer and lifted the key in her hands, inspecting it closely. It was heavy, made of wrought iron or some such, the detail on it, intricate, almost medieval in style...
Something resonated through the house. Elaine’s porcelain features furrowed into a frown as her thumb smoothed over the design on the key. “Strange,” she whispered, as if she was talking to the key.
The wind playfully tucked at her raven hair, spiralling down her back as it wrapped her summer dress around her slender form like a glove. Elaine slowly walked up the pathway, stepping onto the broad porch that wrapped around the entire house before she pushed the door open. The hinges creaked under the weight, revealing an empty void that her memory filled with furniture, drapings and laughter that used to fill these empty rooms.
She slowly walked through the house, her footsteps falling hollowly on the wooden floor. As she stepped into the master bedroom, her dark eyes riveted on a key that was left on the windowsill, as if it was meant for her to find. It was the only thing in the entire house. Intrigued, Elaine took a few steps closer and lifted the key in her hands, inspecting it closely. It was heavy, made of wrought iron or some such, the detail on it, intricate, almost medieval in style...
Something resonated through the house. Elaine’s porcelain features furrowed into a frown as her thumb smoothed over the design on the key. “Strange,” she whispered, as if she was talking to the key.