IF WALLS COULD TALK

Candace Zamperini realized that the job of removing her sister Kathleen’s blood wasn’t going to be so simple. There was more blood than met the eye, and Candace had to find the strength to get through it.

As she began, the blood started to bother her. As she was cleaning, Candace realized this was the last of her sister’s life. And the blood seemed to be everywhere. It seemed to be endless. Candace had scrubbed and scrubbed in one corner. The blood wouldn’t come off the stairs.

To try to get her mind off the horror of her task, Candace decided to move over to a wall inside the staircase, where Kathleen had hung a poster of a black cat. It was a famous print called Le Chat Noir, and Candace liked the piece of artwork. When she took a closer look at it, she noticed the corner of the black cat had blood on it. Candace decided that would be an easier place to work.

Candace got the Windex out and sprayed. She was using a rag, removing the blood from the cat poster into a bowl of water. Then all of a sudden, a streak of red blood came running down from the poster, running right down Candace’s arm.

It was too much. Candace just couldn’t bear it. Kathleen’s blood had mixed in with the Windex and was running bright red again.