Emily felt like she was drowning in the secrets and lies of her family's past. The weight of it all was crushing her, making it hard to breathe.
She began to question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family. Were they really the good, honest people she had always believed them to be?
As she struggled to come to terms with the truth, Emily started to notice strange occurrences around her. Doors would slam shut on their own, and she would hear whispers in the night.
At first, she dismissed it as her imagination, but soon, the events became too frequent to ignore. It was as if the shadows of her family's past were closing in on her.
One night, Emily woke up to find a figure standing in her bedroom doorway. It was a woman with piercing green eyes, dressed in old-fashioned clothing.
"Who are you?" Emily asked, her voice shaking.
The woman didn't respond. Instead, she vanished into thin air.
Emily was left shaken, wondering if she was losing her mind. But as she looked around her room, she saw something that made her blood run cold - a photo of her great-grandmother, Sophia, with the same piercing green eyes as the mysterious woman.
Emily knew then that the shadows of her family's past were real, and they were coming for her.