veanpat's 100-word story for August 6, 2025

veanpat wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 6, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I parked just outside the wooden picket fence and turning off the engine, sat for a moment and just breathed. This was it. The place I dreamt about. It was exactly the same. A shiver skidded down my spine. I could not even begin to understand how I knew this place, this peninsula, this house. It looked abandoned, the windows small and compact., a belfry and a single chimney. It stood on the top of a cliff overlooking the ocean. Far below I could hear the seagulls calling and squabbling like infants. I pushed open the door and stepped out.

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