Homeless at Eighteen, She Built a Secret House Inside the Cliff — Then the Family Who Abandoned Her Came Looking for Her
Chapter 5
The town soon discovered Amelia was living inside the cliff.
Some people mocked her.
Others called her reckless.
Then someone posted photographs online.
The story spread.
LOCAL WOMAN BUILDS SECRET HOME INSIDE CLIFF
Hundreds of thousands of people saw it.
Amelia hated the attention.
Then someone from her past appeared.
Her aunt.
She stood outside the cliff with a shocked expression.
“Amelia?”
Amelia stared at her.
“I knew you’d come.”
Her aunt looked around.
“You’ve been living here?”
“For years.”
Her aunt’s expression changed.
“We thought you had disappeared.”
“I did.”
“Why didn’t you contact us?”
Amelia almost laughed.
“You told me to disappear.”
Her aunt lowered her eyes.
“We were wrong.”
Amelia looked at her.
“You were.”
The conversation ended there.
But the past wasn’t finished.
Because her aunt wasn’t the only person who had come looking.
Her uncle was now working with a local developer.
And he wanted control of the land surrounding the cliff.
