Chapter 4 - Confronting The Woman In Red Downstairs Tonight
Downstairs, the muffled sounds of laughter and clinking champagne flutes echoed faintly through the floorboards from the lingering party guests. The woman in red—Caleb's ambitious fiancée, Victoria—was still holding court near the indoor wet bar, completely unaware of what was happening upstairs.
Caleb looked down at Sadie, who was watching him with wide, intelligent eyes that mirrored Mara’s piercing gaze. “Did you know she was writing to me, Sadie?” Caleb asked softly, his voice barely audible above the hum of the refrigerator.
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Sadie shook her head slowly, her golden curls bouncing against her collar. “Mommy said the bad people in the big house with the tall gates took her letters and threw them in the fire.”
Caleb’s jaw clenched so hard his teeth ached with sudden, blinding fury. He stood up from the bed, the paper shaking in his grip as the pieces of the puzzle clicked violently into place.
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