It was winter December 1994

Me and my older sister, Kate Mendel, moved to Fairchild Mansion because she was hired as Flora Fairchild's teacher.

Everything here was calm and good at first; the place was big but cold and quiet... Besides Flora there's her brother called Miles Fairchild, he's my age too. once, in a short time we exchanged only looks but never a single word; I knew little about him. he liked to stay in his room playing guitar and drums so I barely saw him... I heard he got kicked out of school because I overheard when my sister was talking with the caretaker Miss Jessel, an elderly lady who is already very closed off and mysterious.