Gemotions

He saw the listing and was stunned. It felt like they had come back to taunt him. The house, the place where his innocence had been erased, was being sold. He felt a deep ache inside, a relentless desire to make them feel what he'd felt.

He decided to make a purchase. Not the house itself, but something else. He began buying up the surrounding properties, slowly, steadily, quietly. He would surround the house with his own land, squeezing it, choking it. He'd become an insurmountable barrier.

He smiled, picturing the sellers’ faces. He'd take all they'd been trying to hide.