The Artist's Secret

Sometimes, we see what we dare not. - Michelle Liew.

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Clara’s window was her agoraphobic world-a canvas for her imagination- and her fears. The young freelance sketch artist spent her time drawing the vast world she rarely ventured into. She painted a life she dared not live-and some scenes were darker than her palette could explain.

Her days consisted of blurred sketches - until her eyes caught sight of what she shouldn’t have.

Clara’s favourite subjects were her neighbours, especially the nervous Mr. Bellamy. The word strange was an understatement for describing his peculiar habits.

It started with that disturbing moment. Mr. Bellamy, his slender figure dragging a heavy object, its shape perturbingly familiar.

Then came the whispers, sneaking surreptitiously through the thin wall that was between hers and Mr. Bellamy’s home.

“No one will ever know.”