While cleaning her daughter’s grave, an elderly woman heard a strange noise coming from the coffin

“While cleaning her daughter’s grave, this elderly woman, Lauren, suddenly heard strange noises coming from the coffin. Just then, she crouched beside the grave, took in a deep breath, and what she heard almost made her have a panic attack. It was evening time, and the last of sunset was just a fading pale stripe in the sky.

Lauren, 70, carefully inserted the key in the door hole, locked the door, and began walking down the street. Looking up, she knew it would rain soon, but that wasn’t enough to stop her from visiting her daughter’s grave. After walking for about 15 minutes, it finally began to drizzle, but still, Lauren didn’t care. She increased her pace as she headed toward the grave. By then, the rain had already mixed with the tears that were dripping down her sad face.

As she made her way to the tomb, her heart ached. It had been 36 hours since her daughter Crystal had been buried, and Lauren was devastated. The previous night, she dreamed about Crystal, and it was a scary one. In the dream, she saw Crystal in a place of grief and torture. Hence, immediately she woke up, she knew she had to rush down to the grave.

When Lauren got to the grave, it stopped drizzling. So, Lauren began to clean the grave’s surroundings. Since Crystal’s death was sudden, the family was yet to build a tombstone. However, Crystal’s husband Michael quickly paid for the land and built a fence around it. He wanted to secure the space so he could be buried next to his wife, whom he loved so much.

“Your husband is miserable without you. I’m not sure how long he will be able to live without you,” Lauren said as she dropped flowers on her daughter’s grave.

You see, Crystal was a very hard-working woman, but to a fault. She was a perfectionist and she always got whatever she set her mind to. And she did this in all areas of her life, especially her business. Crystal was a successful businesswoman who owned five big restaurants in the village.

She started her business on a small scale, but she also began to make moves to expand the business. She sent out proposals to companies and notable individuals, hoping they would sponsor her projects. And eventually, her dream came to pass. She got a sponsor for her business, and over time, her business boomed. But it came at a cost.

You see, Crystal worked so hard without taking any breaks, and everyone, including her husband, was scared that she would break down. Whenever Crystal returned late from work, Michael would be at the doorstep waiting for her. He would carry her in his arms, take her into the bedroom, and massage her. Afterward, he would quickly prepare food for her and bring it to her in bed.

Michael’s love and support encouraged Crystal to work harder so she could make him proud. She bore the financial burden of the family with pride. She worked so hard because she wanted to give her husband and their kid a good life. Even though Crystal was the breadwinner of the family, she didn’t look down on her husband, which is why he loved her so much and would often advise her to take a break from work. He was scared that she could break down and fall sick.

But right from a young age, Crystal had always been healthy, and despite how hard she worked, she never felt sick. Apart from having body pains sometimes, she was fine. So she never really saw the need to go for medical checkups. Unfortunately, everyone’s fears came to pass just some hours ago when Crystal suddenly slumped in the house and died, leaving her husband, kid, and mother behind.

After cleaning her daughter’s grave, Lauren started preparing to leave. And that was when she began to hear strange noises. Where could it be coming from? She wondered. For a few minutes, she didn’t hear the strange noises, but soon enough, the sounds came again. This time, it was loud and clear, and Lauren could tell that it was coming from the grave.

Lauren crouched on the ground beside the grave, and she heard a familiar voice. Although it was faint, Lauren heard the person saying, “I’m alive, please help.” Wasting no second, the elderly woman rushed to the guards at the cemetery’s security post. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and her lips were shivering, but she managed to tell the guards about the voice she heard in the grave and that they needed to dig up the grave right away.

“You’re hallucinating. You haven’t gotten over your daughter’s loss. Go home, or we will call the police,” the men yelled at her. But Lauren was certain that she was in the right state of mind. She knew that the men wouldn’t believe her and that she had to try some other means to get them to come with her and dig up the grave.

Just then, she opened her purse and brought out one hundred dollars. But the men mocked her, asking her if they looked like homeless people. However, when she doubled the amount, they went with her to the grave and started digging. Some minutes later, they dug up the grave, brought the coffin out, and what they saw made their jaws drop.

Crystal’s eyes were slightly open, and she managed to say, “Mama, I’m alive,” before passing out. Lauren rushed her daughter to the hospital immediately, and thankfully, the doctors stabilized her. After several tests were carried out, the doctors discovered some poisonous substance in Crystal’s stomach.

As much as Lauren was happy that her daughter was responding to treatment, she was also worried. And she couldn’t help wondering who could have poisoned her daughter. Later that day, Lauren decided to go home so she could prepare some food for her daughter and bring it to her in the hospital.

After 30 minutes, after Lauren got home, she heard a knock on the door, and she went to get it. It was Michael. His face was swollen, and his eyes were red like he had been crying the whole day.

“It’s so hard without her,” he said and hugged Lauren. Just then, a thought popped into Lauren’s mind. She thought that if there was anyone who could poison her daughter, then it had to be someone close to her. But who? You see, Crystal’s best friend Clara was out of town, so that ruled her out. Besides, Crystal rarely visited anyone after closing from work. She would go straight home.

So since Clara was out of the picture, there was only one person left who could have done such a terrible act—Michael. But standing there, the young man looked so devastated and lost, and Lauren immediately felt bad for suspecting him. She also knew she had to tell him that Crystal wasn’t dead and she was recuperating in the hospital.

But just as she was about to do that, Michael walked over to the dining area and asked if she would like to have some wine. Wine? Really? Why would he want wine? Lauren thought. There was only one glass on the table, so Michael asked if she could get another glass from the kitchen, and she agreed.

However, when she got to the kitchen, she hid behind the door. Just then, Michael quickly brought something out of his pocket and, without even looking at the kitchen area, he added it to the drink meanwhile, in the kitchen, Lauren had brought out her phone, and she quickly recorded everything. Thankfully, there was a back door in the kitchen that led out of the house. So she tiptoed out of the house and locked the back door. She also went to the front door and bolted it from outside so Michael wouldn’t be able to escape

But just as she was about to run out of the compound, she tripped and fell. Michael heard her when she yelped, and he ran to the window. He immediately knew that his game was up.

“Hey, what are you doing? Come back here! Now, open this door!” he yelled.

Lauren told him she was going to the police station to get another glass. Now she finally understood that he had bought enough space to construct a second grave and bury her in it. And it wasn’t for him like he had made everyone believe.

When Lauren returned to the house with the police, they couldn’t believe their eyes. Michael was lying on the floor, groaning in pain, and foamy substances were at the corners of his mouth

You see, now that he was exposed, he didn’t want to face the law, so he decided to take his own life. Unfortunately for him, he was rushed to the hospital, and he was nursed back to health. When he fully recovered, he was charged in court and finally put behind bars

You see, Michael was jealous of his wife’s success, and he tried to take her life just so he could inherit her properties and businesses. It’s a good thing he faced justice, and hopefully, with time, Crystal would get over her husband’s betrayal.