Her Twenty-Fifth Night as the Nanny Unlocked a Forbidden Closet—Then One Impossible Photograph Revealed Sophie’s Dead Mother Had Chosen Her Years Before Somehow
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Chapter 11
"They know we're here," Chloe murmured, her mind racing to calculate an alternative escape route through the labyrinthine basement.
She grabbed a heavy iron paperweight from the desk and smashed it against the reinforced glass of the emergency ventilation shaft.
Dust and soot rained down as the metal grate gave way under the third heavy blow, opening into a dark utility tunnel.
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"Up you go, sweetie, crawl as fast as you can," Chloe instructed urgently, boosting Lily into the narrow opening.
Heavy footsteps thundered down the hallway outside, accompanied by the distinct sound of private security boots marching in formation.
