Fake Story of Blanche Monnier Disappearance
Days passed, and Madame Monnier could see that Blanche remained steadfast in her decision. She began to tell her friends in town that Blanche had disappeared in the middle of the night, and she gave a good show with fake crying and the whole nine yards. We don’t know if Blanche’s boyfriend stopped by the house to look for her, but if he did, Madame Monnier would have told him the same story.
Her son, Marcel, was very loyal, and told everyone the same story. They probably decided that if she finally agreed to come out, they would tell the neighbors that she had returned home. Marcel went on to become an administrator at a local commune, and for him and his mother, their reputation was all that mattered to them.
Blanche grew thinner and thinner, and she was living in her own filth, growing more and more insane by the day. She screamed out the windows, hoping that someone would hear her on the street, but help never came. Twenty-five years later, and Blanche never gave in to her mother’s demands, yet she remained imprisoned in the attic.
