A house inspection and a sound upstairs leave new occupants uneasy after they sign the papers.
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“Good bones,” the inspector says, boot planted on the joist. The kitchen door sticks. Upstairs, a pair of shoes moves through an empty room. We sign the papers anyway. At night we leave the light on above the stair.
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