In the summer of 2019, Luna's cousin bought a Victorian house on Bayou Tasse with a porch full of porcelain dolls. The realtor said they came with the property—part of the estate of a woman named Estelle Broussard, who had lived there alone for sixty years. The first night, Luna's cousin moved one doll to the attic. The next morning, it was back on the porch swing, facing the door. She tried again. Same result. Then she started hearing it—a soft ticking from inside the doll, like a watch buried in its chest. She called Luna, who came to stay one night. They sat on the porch at midnight, waiting. The doll's head turned. Not slowly—just once, a clean ninety-degree rotation, like a joint clicking into place. And then all the other dolls on the porch turned too—twenty-three heads, all facing the same direction: the front door. They never found out what was inside that house. But the dolls are still there, according to the new owners. And they still turn at midnight. This is a story about inherited things, about what happens when you try to move a piece of someone else's life, and about the patience of porcelain.