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

5. Guilt

Guilt plagued John Bell like a specter. A few months passed, and he still felt a gnawing sense of responsibility for what happened to Kate. The thought of her standing atop the old well, looking down at it before making her final decision, woke him up every night.

But that wasn’t the only thing haunting John Bell. He had begun to feel something out in the woods, watching and waiting. He felt it as clear as his father had when he was fighting the tribes for his land.