Chapter 13 - Wren Asks The Devastating Question That Shatters Her Father
Footsteps echoed softly on the wooden attic stairs as seven-year-old Wren walked into the room holding her cream pillow. She climbed up onto the old stool beside Grant, peering down at the faded polaroid photograph resting on the desk.
Wren tilted her head, her young eyes studying the blurred figure standing inside the dark lake house window frame. She looked up from the image, staring directly into her father’s pale, bloodless face with innocent curiosity.
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“Dad... is that you?” Wren asked softly, pointing her small finger at the shadowy figure in the glass. The question hung in the quiet attic like a physical blow, shattering every single illusion Grant had held about his own past.
Grant stared at his daughter, unable to find his voice as his mind reeled backward in time.
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