The old cat lady's house on the hill - long abandoned - stood lifeless like the stories once spun by the children that inhabited this long forgotten neighborhood. She must have had a hundred cats of every color and shape living in every nook and cranny of that old house. Mystery grew and stories flourished as the cat lady never spoke a single word - at least to human beings. Some said she lost her voice after a fire that took her family. Others swore they saw her late at night burying little children beneath the roses in her garden. And it was true, on a full moon night, you could hear the cries of children and see the flickering of lights on that dark and haunted hill. Though decades have past, the cat lady on the hill, still fills my mind with mystery and vivid stories. But who was this mystery woman? I took it upon myself to find out. To my shock, her name was Ms. Ella Botts Rice - none other than Howard Hughes first wife. What stories might she had told...if only we had asked.
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