The Boy Hidden Next Door

Claire is home alone for months without anyone to contact. She's only fourteen. Her parents left her and one day she wakes up and walks over to her neighbors house. She hears wails and screams from inside. She knocks on the door to the house and a woman, about thirty, shows up.
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"My parents have left me and I seriously don't know where they are. Have you seen them anywhere?" I ask the woman
"Sorry dear. I haven't. You must come and have some tea, though." The woman replies.
I walk with her to the table and sit down as she hands me some tea.
"I prefer coffee." I Say automatically.
She nods and gives me some other liquid instead. I take a sip of it and hear the same wailing and screaming as before.
"Is something wrong dear?" The woman asks.
"Oh . . . No I'm fi-." I fall to the hard ground and knock out.
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