Antonio

When the family moved in, Antonio was only three and Anita was a newborn.

So their parents decided that all four of them should share a bedroom.

Anita in her crib and Antonio in a bed against the wall.

The whole family was shaken after Antonio's injury, especially after he told them that he'd been following someone.

But no one had been in the house.

There was no intruder.

So Antonio's parents dropped it, and life went on.

And as the children grew older, it no longer made sense for everyone to sleep in the same bedroom.

What Anita and Antonio didn't know at the time was that back in the 1920s, a wealthy banker had built the house as a love letter to his wife.

He chose the finest furnishings, imported wallpaper from France.

In the backyard, fruit trees blossomed over a coy pond.

And for many years, everything was beautiful.

But when the banker and his wife died, they left no children to maintain the home.

Anita, Antonio, and their parents moved into a house that had fallen into decay.

After Anita saw him, she and her grandma knew someone was lingering in the house.

But they didn't talk about it.

No one in the family did.

And Anita thinks she knows why.

Only a year or so later, Antonio's dad was out of town on business.

Antonio was getting ready for bed.