Couple Discovers Hidden Safe During Renovation, Then Their Neighbor Tells Them This

A void

“I swear there’s a void under here,” Amber had joked a few times before, stomping the floorboard. “Big enough to bury something.” It became their inside joke—hidden bodies, buried treasure. Steven rolled his eyes every time. But the joke stuck. More than either admitted. Something about it always lingered, as if it wasn’t just a joke after all.