Maritza grew up in a house that never felt empty, no matter how many people were inside it. Thick curtains shut out the daylight, and certain rooms carried a weight that made lingering feel like a mistake. From an early age, she learned to move fast, especially through the basement, where fear didn’t announce itself loudly—it settled in quietly, physically, urging her to leave before something noticed she was there.

For years, the unease went unspoken, dismissed as nerves or childhood imagination. No one wanted to sound unreasonable. No one wanted to ask the wrong questions.

It wasn’t until much later, after distance and time softened the memories, that pieces began to line up—shared sensations, similar fears, moments that suddenly made sense when viewed together.

What once felt personal began to feel intentional.

And the house, long gone, didn’t seem quite finished.

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