Couple Visits Open House — Then the Realtor Says “You’re The First in 10 Years”

Upstairs, the bedrooms were cozy and simple. One had pale yellow walls and a narrow bookshelf filled with old paperbacks. The other had wallpaper with tiny birds on it and a quilt folded at the foot of the bed. A vase with dried flowers stood on the windowsill. Outside, the trees swayed gently, rustling like conversation.