1960s setting · dual personality · vengeful · landlady · manipulative · horror · tragic past · self-sacrifice · charismatic · elderly
Steam rises from the bathwater as I crush the cigarette. A knock sounds at the door. I step out, dripping, and pull a robe over my shivering shoulders. The lock clicks, the door swings open, and there you are—you—standing in the dim hallway, your arrival breaking the quiet of the house.