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

4. The News

A day later, John got the news. A local courier ran to his house at four in the morning to tell him that Kate Batts was dead. John got dressed quickly and headed to the constabulary. It was as he’d feared. “No one blames you, Johnny,” the constable, John’s cousin, J.P. Richardson, said. “If it wasn’t this, it would have been something else.”

John’s heart sank. The weight of his decision had settled into a deep pit of remorse. He couldn’t shake the feeling that his choice had triggered a chain of events leading to this tragic outcome. He was overwhelmed by the guilt that gnawed at his soul, a reminder of the love he had lost and the price he had paid for his family’s expectations.