The Red Door
Enter the world of 1920s West Virginia through the eyes of young Mollie. Guided by an inexplicable connection to the past, she unearths a hidden box near a sycamore tree, revealing secrets tied to the French and Indian War. As Mollie delves deeper into the mystery of the box and its contents, she finds solace in friendship and strange, vivid dreams that blur the lines between fantasy and reality. But some secrets are buried for a reason, and Mollie’s journey to uncover the truth might just lead her to something far more dangerous than she could ever imagine.
The sweet smell of magnolias drifted on the warm summer air. Even as a young girl, you found comfort in the simple things, often feeling like an old soul trapped in a child's body. There were days you felt thirty, wanting to cross-stitch, and days you felt eighty, wanting to skip all childish things.
But then there were days spent wandering the woods east of the Buckhannon River with Howard, your best friend. Days like digging in the cool, damp soil near an old sycamore tree, where a faint glimmer of silver caught your eye.
It was the first of many objects, silver buttons, that would spark a curiosity about the past, a feeling of nostalgia for a time you never knew, and a burning desire to uncover the stories buried beneath the earth.
