She put the photo down and moved to the next shelf, stopping when she saw a childhood picture of her mother with another girl.
 
Something told her it had been her Aunt, her mother's sister.
 
She picked up the picture and looked at it as she turned to head toward the kitchen.  She was hungry and if there wasn't anything to eat, she'd call out for pizza or something....
 
 
"Marissssssa..."
 
Reese stopped and looked around, having sworn she heard someone calling her name.  So she listened intently for a moment, in the doorway into the kitchen.
 
Another moment and she shrugged, dismissing the sound as her imagination or even the old house creaking.
 
 
The activities, unseen or heard, continued.

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