Chapter 6 - Flora Recalls The Night Portia’s Mother Disappeared Forever
Flora stood by the shattered antique vase, her mind drifting back to a stormy night two decades ago.
She had worked as the head estate housekeeper when Eleanor Vance mysteriously vanished without a trace.
“Portia was only a teenager back then,” Flora whispered to Cedric, who stood quietly beside her among the ruins.
“I remember seeing her scrubbing something dark off the second-floor stair banister late that very night.”
Cedric’s eyes widened as the chilling puzzle pieces finally fell into place in his sharp legal mind.
“Eleanor didn't run away to Europe like Portia’s family claimed all these years,” Cedric realized aloud.
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“She was murdered right inside this very mansion, and the evidence was hidden behind that antique cabinet.”
Flora nodded slowly, looking over at the broken porcelain shards scattered across the expensive Italian marble floor.
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