The Secret in the Ravine

I first became close with my friend Clara in our first year of high school. We both lived in the town of Crestwood. Clara’s house was on Pinecrest Lane, right next to the old ravine that everyone said was haunted.

Just last month, the news reported a man’s body was discovered in that very ravine. He had worked at a factory in the next town over and had recently told a friend he was planning to leave his job. He had been missing for a month before they found him. The police are still looking for who did it.

One afternoon, Clara and I decided to skip our last class and go to her empty house. It was a beautiful home, because her parents had good jobs.