She Bought the House at an Online Auction — But Nothing Prepared Her for the Attic

A white house

It looked like the front of a small white house, built right into the attic itself. The wooden planks were old, chipped, and heavily warped due to years of exposure to heat and moisture.

A slanted roof pressed nearly against the attic beams above it. The scale felt impossible. “This, this shouldn’t be here.”