Ethel’s P.O.V.

I had been living in The Valley since I escaped. As the saying goes, most deathtrap is also the safest place. I thought I had proved it perfectly. During my camping life, nobody came to bother me, which was good, and a sense of tranquility that I never had before was experienced. One advantage of living in a bleak and creepy place was that my security was safeguarded. No one had the idea that I would hide in nowhere. In the beginning, I did feel terrible, especially at night, crows and bats were screaming constantly, full of horror and depression. It also made me hard to fall asleep....