The house by the highway, from Jade.

I wanted to tell you a little bit about the house I grew up in.

It was a semi-detached house with my cousin, my aunt, and my grandmother living next

door.

So we were basically all living in the same house next to a highway.

And when I say next to a highway, I mean the highway was basically in our backyard.

I lived in that house for more than 20 years.

Because I grew up in it, I really loved that house, but I never liked to stay alone in

it.

I wasn't the only one.

My cousin and I talked a lot about it, and we both had the same kind of feeling, like

someone was behind us, watching us when we were alone.

We had our bedroom in the basement, and the feeling was particularly strong down there.

We both had issues with stuff falling for no particular reason or unexplained strange

noises.

I was a messy teenager, and my room was a mess.

One night I heard the cat walking on my mess to my bed.

The door was closed, and I was waiting for her to climb on, but she didn't.

I turned on my bedside lamp to find out that she was not there.

I went outside my room, and found her sleeping on the couch in the next room.

I slept on the couch that night too.

My cousin told me that she'd had issues with the radio in her room.

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