SHUTTERS - a story in exactly one hundred words

SHUTTERS
All visitors see are the bright paintwork, the pots of cheerful geraniums leading up to the front door. Nobody notices the shutters down here, the shrubs blocking the steps in case anyone becomes curious.Two years I have spent here – I mark the days on the wall behind the sofa, hidden from sight.They tell everyone I died and left them the house. She wants to make it true, but my pathetic son hasn’t the stomach for it.She will try one day soon. She imagines I am helpless, but even a wooden spoon can be sharpened to a point.........................................................Thanks as always to https://rochellewisoff.com/  for hosting our weekly jaunt into a flash fiction fantasy world. Follow the link from Rochelle's blog to read scores of other stories, all prompted by Ceayr's photo of a house that doesn't have the dark story I have attributed to it - or maybe it does?