Neighbors Didn’t Understand Why Someone Paid Half A Million For This House, Until They Looked Inside

The mantle

Above the fireplace stood a wooden mantle, dusty but undamaged. On top of it sat a row of small framed photographs.

I walked over slowly and lifted my flashlight up to the photos. Flint came up beside me and leaned in to look at them too, both of us holding our breath as we inspected.