Man Digs Up Old Key In His Backyard, Then An Expert Tells Him Not To Use It

The Key On The Mantle

The first key now sits on Tom’s mantle, cleaned and displayed like an artifact. Visitors sometimes ask about it. Tom tells them he found it in the yard. He never mentions the second key, the journal, or what lies beneath his house. But some nights, Laura says, he stands in the back room, listening to the floor.