I Walked Into an Abandoned House and Found Hundreds of Dolls Staring Back at Me—Then I Learned the Heartbreaking Reason They Were There

nodded and stepped inside.

Her footsteps made almost no sound.

“I wondered when someone would come.”

Something in her tone stopped Maria from running.

The woman knelt slowly beside the pile and picked up a small doll in a red dress, brushing dust from its face gently.

“My name is Soraya,” she said. “This was my home.”

Maria looked around again.

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