I Assumed I Would Never Finish It

Ashleigh stared at the building. It was, unmistakably, a house.

Covered in various grey stones and dark wood. Lights with a soft orange glow at different places all around it.

There were three levels that she could see. The first had no windows and two large, paneled doors that faced the path leading up to it.

Alongside the first floor was a large, wide staircase leading to the entrance of the second floor. Double doors, dark wood with frosted glass panels. Directly above the windowless first floor, there were three windows. Each was large enough that she and Caleb could stand side by side within them.

Above the second floor was a third. This one was smaller than the others, but that was not the only difference. This one, Ashleigh recognized.

It was strange. She had only ever been on the inside, she didn’t quite know how she recognized it from looking at the outside, but she did.

And so did Caleb.

“That’s….”