Once spring came, the newness of my doll house and dolls I left in my room to go outside and play. I put them up nicely in the corners especially my Luci, for I wanted nothing to happen to her. I felt very confused about this doll, for it seemed as if she had a soul and ours were connected in a distinct part of my existence.
Things on the estate were getting back to normal. The house was filled with the smells of spring, with the green grassy fields coming alive in all its glory. Their were so much to do outside. So I played with my brother, and I put up my dolls. I only looked back to play with them when I couldn't go outside because of rain. But somehow I felt as if my favorite doll, Luci was mad. It was like she was moving from the initial spot I had put her in and this was confusing me. I knew I had left her in that same place but when I returned to my room after being outside she wasn't there. She had moved to a different side of my room. "I have to get to the bottom of this ? I am going to ask Aden if he has been in my new room and is touching my things!" I said to myself.
After the new year came, just as our parents had told us, Aden and I where split into two bedrooms and we each had our own bed. But Aden would sometimes sneak into mine at night to sleep because we had been together for so long, it was very hard for us to separate. But I dearly loved my new bedroom and loved for my precious things to have their own places were I could find anything that I put them inside. That was becoming more important to me as I was becoming a young adult now. My body was taking a new persona and I didn't want Aden to always be around me as he had before.
The new room I had was fixed in this beautiful pink color and my bed had a canopy of lace that surrounded me as I slept. I loved the feeling of my new room and with everything else that I had placed in there. Aden had his new room too! But it was in a deep blue, and just as boys do he didn't put his things up and the servants were always complaining that he needed a good talking too about that. Our rooms were adjoining and that's how Aden would sneak into mine at night. But, it was kinda of nice knowing that he was there still next door to keep me safe.
And safe was what I needed, for something was amiss when I would go to bed at night. Something came out from underneath the closet and into my view and the next thing I knew I was wandering around through the house examining things that I knew I wasn't supposed to be touching. I would find myself looking into my parents room watching their sleep and thinking of their blood racing around in their bodies. Wondering how it would look like if I tore into them. These thoughts were becoming more and more in my mind than usual and I knew it was because of Luci!
Again written by @MaryEllenCampbell
