Chapter 1: The Waitress in Green
Part 1 I didn’t argue or lower my head. I simply took the tray, walked past the mahogany doors of the historic Savannah estate, and [more…]
Part 1 I didn’t argue or lower my head. I simply took the tray, walked past the mahogany doors of the historic Savannah estate, and [more…]
I stood at the podium, the ballroom silent except for the low hum of the air conditioning that suddenly seemed to falter. The emerald green [more…]
The humiliation burned in Marcus’s eyes as the security guards escorted him out of the ballroom. I watched him go, a strange mix of triumph [more…]
The news of my frozen account hit me like a physical blow. The medical trust, the one link to my mother’s memory, now at risk. [more…]
Marcus, pale and shaken, clawed his way out of the portrait gallery the moment the doors inexplicably reopened. He didn’t look back, didn’t spare me [more…]
The unredacted 1912 deed was a beacon of truth, solidifying my claim to DuBois Manor and its corporation. I clutched it, the fragile paper a [more…]
Marcus’s scheme to frame me for embezzlement solidified his desperation. He had crossed a line, weaponizing the law against me. But he had no idea [more…]
The tempest subsided with the dawn, leaving DuBois Manor cloaked in a new, unsettling silence. The library, however, remained sealed, Marcus still trapped within, whimpering. [more…]
Detective Moreau and his team quickly located Marcus, still disoriented and trembling from his night in the spectral library. He offered no resistance, only incoherent [more…]
Aunt Beatrice’s confession, raw and tearful, solidified the supernatural element of DuBois Manor. The house was not merely old; it was alive, a sentient guardian [more…]