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“Mr. Ashworth,” Marta said slowly. “Who lived here before you?”

Marta looked back at the screen. The weeping sound had stopped. In its place, a rhythmic drip-drip-drip, like a slow heartbeat. She realised then what this was. Not a blockage. A binding. Old plumbing magic—the kind that used water as a messenger, that tied a promise to the flow of the house. plumbing northcote

She nodded once.

“It’s getting worse,” he whispered. “Follow me.” a rhythmic drip-drip-drip