The Whispers in the Walls

I’d spent so long pretending to be Scarlet that maybe the old Ivy had faded away.

Some of the trees hung their branches down almost as far as the surface, as if they were trying to stroke it with long bony fingers.

My name is Scarlet Grey, and until today I thought I would be lost forever.

And we have another student who has returned from spending some time abroad as well... Miss Adams, please stand up as well." I couldn't believe it. Vile Violet. She was back.

It fell, and then the words came." ... "We are the Whispers in the Walls.

Emmeline Adel. ... "Ivy, you need to look at this." ... Our mother? At Rookwood?

Rose, what are you-" Violet started. We all turned. Someone was there. It was Penny.

The food was slices of some kind of roast meat in a watery gravy,

Without a word, I walked over to the door and opened it. And when the policeman stepped in, the look on Mr Bartholomew’s face was priceless.

a cupboard, but there seemed to be … stairs? Ivy had brought a candle stub, which she lit with a