Old houses that were built long ago always seem to be favorite places for old ghosts. They like to walk here and there in the dark and dimly-lit quiet hallways and long forgotten locked rooms. Why they choose dark and musty places filled with aging books and dusty furniture over brightly lit studies and patios is a question that only they themselves can answer.
Little Stephanie liked the dark rooms of the estate. As you can see, she loved reading by the fireplace and did do so for hours and for many years. Early on, she started hearing the subtle voices from Michael's distant relatives as they called to her from shadowed halls and stairways within the house to share long hidden secrets with her.
When Victoria asked her about the unusual locket that Stephanie wore one evening, it wasn't a surprise that it had belonged to a great great grand aunt of Michael's who had once lived in the house and that the item had been long lost. Victoria knew of it as she had seen it several times in a painting of great great grand aunt on a third floor hallway.
When Michael and Victoria found their little "sleepy reader" Stephanie playing with dozens of gold coins that must have belonged to Michael's great great grandfather who had been a banker in his time, well, they were perplexed as to how and where she could have found them. It was all of the other long-forgotten and quite valuable watches, gems, coins and broaches that she had piled in the corners of her room, that finally drove them to ask her.
"Your great great grand ancestors gave them to me." She answered. "They like when we have little talks about the old days and the new days and sometimes they give me things. They're so nice."
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