The Unfinished Chapter
Standing there, I understood my life would never return to what it had been that morning. The photo, the diary, the dog — they were all pieces of the same message.
Someone wanted me to remember.
Someone had been waiting.
When I stepped across the threshold, the air smelled of dust and time — and something else. Familiar. Human.
Then, from deep within the hallway, came a whisper:
“Welcome home.”
