Chapter 1 - The Filthy Kitchen
The modern American suburban kitchen had been completely, horrifyingly destroyed. What was once a pristine, happy family home was now a cinematic nightmare of pure filth. Garbage and spoiled food covered the linoleum floor. The trash can was violently overflowing, and a sickening smell hung heavily in the air.
Standing in the doorway of the ruined kitchen was Hannah, a thirty-something woman wearing a dusty army camouflage uniform and carrying a heavy green backpack. Her dark hair was tied in a messy bun.
She had just returned from a highly classified, six-month overseas military deployment. She had been completely out of contact with her husband, Derek, for the last three weeks due to a communications blackout.
The heavy green military duffel bag violently slipped from Hannah’s hands, hitting the floor with a loud, echoing thud.
Sitting directly in the middle of the garbage-strewn floor was Lily, her four-year-old daughter.
Lily was wearing a dirty, stained pair of light pink pajamas. Her messy blonde hair was matted, and she looked incredibly pale and exhausted.
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"Lily!" Hannah gasped, her voice completely shattering with sheer, unadulterated, breath-stealing terror.
👉 What heartbreaking response will the little girl give her mother?
