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Mystery

This story contains themes or mentions of mental health issues.

As an older woman sits on her couch of her unit ready for a reading night of having slept most of the day from being up so late the night before .and each late through the morning after her early breakfast and then sleep.s

She positive hears her neighbour downstairs talking nonsense every time Casey upstairs unit would make a movement or or even when a loud noise happens in Casey's unit but no-one knows like a scraggly haired old neighbour woman down below and it's only the noise of Casey book falling off a shelf . now back to the time of another day gone by a d Casey is up and awake for another late reading and thinks the scraggly haired old neighbour woman is talking about her being sudden up well big deal Casey thinks is not she allowed to wake up at all so mysterious thinks the old woman down stairs is drunk again and on hearing constantly coughing and vomit soung of her neighbour downstairs so Casey secretly thinks if she has a a problem with Casey being awake then wished the ol neighbour downstairs who's called Ivonne wouldn't never wake up..anf other neighyat to blame when Casey is home from her walk or trip some time that someone has been in her unit though nothing is missing she just thinks some books have gone missing but her support workers are usually the one s she blamed for walking in her house and they say not to be silly and think such a thing causenoonecwants to touch her books .now may think Casey should move into another housing unit but don't really y want to move and anyway if she transfers to another housing unit then maybe worse neighbours could do more harm instead of just watching her and then her support would put her away in a home as she don't want to go in a home support.especiallu not with out her books she has quite a lot of so her support then tell her that she need a to ignore her neigh Ivonne downstairs.if she would really be babbling nonsense about her now the the thing Ivonne had been told by housing landlord to get rid of a number of large items she had stored in her house a d they don't mind Casey large collection of books in her unit so this could be a bit of jeolosy with coming from Ivonne butcehy is that neighbour being nice to Casey when seen outside so one Casey called ambulance onto ivoonnyto take her away for her mental health behaviour forbabbbling rubbish about Casey behinds her back nonstop even when Casey is quite reading a book and police even called and almost arrested Casey instead of making up stories about her neghbour talkng nonsense when they all been to see Ivonne the beigh and that it was not true that Ivonne had some other issues to talk rubbish about so at the end police leave with a waryto Casey not to call them anymore or they will arrest her bi matter if she's not well a bit with chronic health.

So months later she still hears Ivonne the old scraggly woman down stata d and ignores the fact that the old woman looking to the time of year.that she would get her punishment for her babbling nonsense of some so called issues she had with Casey. Or if this all could be true by the fact of Ivonne talking nonsense of Casey behind her back or what.or Casey could just have her trauma sign of an old friend for so many years she had known some certain person who sudden had passed away .but xasrytis still wary of that neighbour downstairs yvonne...andcwhen Casey sits through night reading till late she did sometime see Yvonne walking over to her back back balcony through nifmght and would just look up Casey s window and light on and would slowkyythen walk back to her unit. Casey mind d her business by this ad she can't call the police again as being afraid of being arrest if she can't provide evidence of Yvonne s erratic behaviour to her.she Casey just leaves it and carried on ad she then secretly wishes that Ivonne would end up with a a severe punishment of maybe a a tragic death from her coughing and vomit sound she makes all through night and most of day.well Ivonne constt drinks alcohol .and his could Ivonne hear Casey talking through the night when she only whispers under her breath and Ivonne must have really big ears. But if why she's nice talking to Casey outside around the yard.or is Casey hearing the babbling about her in her mind and is the one going mad . don't thibkysi she thinks and then all is quite a time of event no sound of a babbling and casey not sure her if she hears imagine voices talking about her or if neighbour Ivonne is really out to do harm to Casey for being allowed to keep lots of books in her unit and Ivonne told by landlord to rid of her number of junk in her home.unit.well whatever the reading till late will contrast Casey some time has a problem with not for some reason that she can't seem to stay asleep too long in her bed and sleep more well on her couch while reading a book. Support don't know of this of Casey as she prefers to keep this a secret from them so they don't worry and try to put her in a support home as she won't leave with out all her beloved books and would rather sleep on the street on street where a street library is located.so despite of her neighbour downstairs Ivonne s erratic behaviour towards of her constantly babbling rubbish at Casey she .,Casey the bookworm reading night owl is still safe from harm instead of just the right to the time of the old woman looking and watching her balcony through the night and so me how Casey s thoughts about this is that wished Ivonne would have her punishment.

October 08, 2023 07:22

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