PART 2: THE SHADOW OF THE PAST
“The moment he signs the trust over to my account, we can finally settle what his late wife did to my family thirty years ago.”
Her words echoed through the dark hallway, sending a wave of nausea straight through my stomach.
I backed away from the living room door as quietly as I could, my heart hammering like a trapped bird inside my ribs.
She wasn’t in love with my father; she was using his grief and vulnerability to exact revenge for a past I knew nothing about.
I spent the rest of the night wide awake in my bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to figure out how my sweet, late mother could be connected to Emily.
By morning, I decided to dig into our family’s old files stored in the attic before Emily could carry out her plan.
(A secret hidden in the attic is about to come to light! Click “Next Page” to continue reading…)
