The Mysterious Occurrences and the Box

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The month of October in 1940, witnessed multiple mysterious occurrences in the small rural area. All involving a box, at least that is what the first-hand eyewitnesses all mentioned. Till now no one knows the exact happening, it remained a mystery that baffled everyone till this very day. Some remember a strange man coming to the town. They said he had a somehow intimating presence. He didn’t stay long they say, he just vanished into thin air, leaving no traces behind. The man who the town believed was holding the box. The corner of the street, in the cold streets of the town, lived two sisters in a decaying small shack. They didn’t choose this life; they just knew that the orphanage will not keep them together. The sister decided to runaway, to keep the memory of their once happy family. The family that was shattered when the two sisters heard about the death of their parents, four shots that was all it took for them to die. The sisters often wondered how many shots it will take to reunite them with their parents. However one of the sister, the little one, didn’t have to wonder much longer, she wasn’t shot, but she suffered from influenza. "I will keep you alive Lydia, I can't lose you, we die together, and we live together, I won't let death come to you" Anna, who is now a young lady, said to her little dying sister Lydia. Lydia found comfort about the thought of death, however the thought of Anna being alone crushed her, and she needed to make sure she will be alright. The morning came, and Anna decided to knock the doors of the doctors, hoping one day someone will pity her and check up on her sister. Anna knew that her sister could recover, that’s what the words on the street said, and they said the best doctor that could c... ... middle of paper ... ...away to her shack, holding the briefcase so tightly to her chest, but she wasn’t prepared to see what was coming. Her sister was on the floor lifelessly facing the ceiling. In tears now, Anna approached the body quickly, dropping the briefcase in the process. She saw a note attached to Lydia's hand, she hurried in opening it "You already knew that there was no hope in saving Lydia, she was going to die whether she was rich or poor. Why risk another soul if the fifty thousand pounds, as you claim, would have saved her. But as promised the money you already received, do whatever you please" And with that Anna's life was never the same. Hating herself with every step she took. Now she only longed for a familiar face in this life. Not two days after that, another death occurred. A little girl died and now a mother is joining her, where did this selfish town go wrong?

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