Chapter 17 - The Little Girl Discovers One Final Hidden Clue
A week after the dramatic rescue, little Lily was allowed to return briefly to her uncle Mark’s house to collect toys.
The police tape had been removed, but federal investigators were still wrapping up their final sweep of the rooms.
Lily walked quietly into the living room where the wooden hatch remained propped open by heavy steel wedges.
She peered down into the empty concrete cavity where the frightened woman had been trapped for so long.
On the bottom step of the metal ladder leading down, something small and shiny caught the afternoon sunlight.
She reached down carefully, picking up a small metallic key with an engraved tag attached to its handle.
She brought it upstairs to her uncle Mark, holding it out on the palm of her small hand for him to inspect.
Mark’s eyes widened as he read the faded inscription stamped onto the brass tag: Property Unit B - Storage Facility.
He immediately handed the key over to the federal agents still stationed on the front lawn.
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Even after the monster was caught, the house still had one final secret waiting to be unlocked.
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