The Girl Who Talks to a Ghost

It started when Lily moved into the old farmhouse.

She was quiet, curious, and often wandered the woods alone.

One day, she came back talking about her new friend, “Tommy.” Her parents thought it was imaginary—until she

described his clothes, his laugh, and the scar above his eyebrow.

Details that matched a boy who vanished 30 years ago.

Lily said Tommy told her stories—about a treehouse no one remembered, a red bike buried under leaves, and

a man with a crooked smile.

Her parents grew uneasy.

They searched the woods and found the treehouse, rotting but real.

The red bike?

Still there, rusted and half-buried.

Tommy wasn’t just a ghost—he was a witness.

Lily began drawing pictures—Tommy crying, a man dragging him, a shed with a padlock.

Her parents took the drawings to the police.

At first, they dismissed it.

But when they checked the old shed behind the farmhouse, they found bones.

Human bones.

DNA confirmed it: Tommy had never left.

He’d been there all along, waiting to be found.

After the discovery, Lily stopped talking to Tommy.

She said he was happy now, that he could finally go.

The farmhouse was sold, and the woods grew quiet again.

But sometimes, hikers say they hear a child laughing near the treehouse.

Maybe Tommy’s gone.

Or maybe he’s still watching, making sure no one forgets what happened.