![]() He’d introduced the old woman as his aunt Philomena, and asked us kids to sit with her while he talked with my parents.Īunt Philomena used to play in this house as a child, so she wanted to visit, Mr. Dansbury told my parents that it came with some sort of secret inheritance, and now he was here to tell them about it. I only met her moments ago, when our realtor, Mr. She’s shriveled like a dried potato, with scraggly wisps of gray hair dangling down her frail shoulders. I can’t imagine this ancient woman ever being thirteen. Me? I try not to look surprised as I grip the edge of the packing box I’m using as a chair. ![]() She swivels her wheelchair away from the curious stares of my siblings to point a bony finger directly at me. It was a shivery, stormy night when I heard the death bells, the old woman says ominously, wringing sorrow out of each syllable. ![]()
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