Chapter 14 - Digging Into The Dark Family Past
While Ethan packed his remaining clothes from our house, he noticed a hidden wall safe in his mother’s study.
Desperate for answers or leverage to fix his ruined life, he forced the metal door open with a heavy crowbar.
Inside sat dusty financial ledgers, adoption papers, and old medical files dating back twenty-five years.
He flipped open a yellowed hospital document bearing his late father’s signature and an unfamiliar family name.
The papers revealed that Margaret had previously institutionalized an older sibling Ethan never knew existed for a minor illness.
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A cold shudder ran down his spine as he realized his mother was a clinical sociopath who controlled everyone around her.
He had spent his entire life defending a monster who viewed human beings as disposable chess pieces.
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