Life Goes On
As time went on, Josef and his family went on with their normal lives. Rosemarie just accepted the idea that Elisabeth had run off, possibly never to be seen again. But Josef knew better, and he would go down to the basement almost every day, supposedly so he could work on blueprints for machines that he would make and sell. Some days, he would even spend the night. And when Rosemarie or others attempted to go down to the cellar, Josef forbid them to go anywhere near it. Strangely enough, no one broke his rules and no one thought that his request was odd.
