Lily, The Little Wife

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Lily, The Little Wife

We did find out who the lady was.

"Lily, the little wife," my daughter told me. The name sent a strange chill down my spine.

"She lived in the big house," she explained matter-of-factly, "but she comes here to take care of the children."

Lily visited often—always at bedtime. My daughters would talk about her in that innocent, accepting way that only small children can. They would tell me how Lily had sung them to sleep, whispered old stories in the dark, and stroked their hair when they cried.

At first, it unnerved me. But we rationalized it—if we had to have a ghost, at least we had a built-in nanny, right? A spirit babysitter.

I even started thanking Lily each night before bed—just in case.

But as the girls grew older, they stopped mentioning her. They forgot. I never did. I didn’t remind them. I didn’t want to plant old memories back in their heads or make them afraid.

Still, sometimes, late at night, I would check on them. I'd stand in their doorways, watching their small, sleeping forms, listening to their steady breathing.

And every so often, I’d get the strangest feeling—like someone else was already there.

Watching.

Taking care of them.

And just outside the range of my vision, a lullaby I couldn't quite hear hummed softly in the dark.

Do you have a terrifying true story that sounds like something out of a horror movie? Home-made Creepypasta is now accepting submissions! Share your eerie, unexplained, or downright chilling encounters in the comments below, and your story could be featured on the blog—and in an upcoming book collection published by Mark Watson Books.

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3. Be Considered for the Book – The best, most terrifying stories will be chosen for an exclusive Home-made Creepypasta book collection, published by Mark Watson Books. Your name (or a pseudonym, if you prefer) will be included as a contributor.

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