Chapter 6 - Toby Remembers A Past Filled With Dark Secrets
Inside the warm, brightly lit master suite of the mansion, Toby sat on the edge of a massive velvet bed in disbelief.
A plate of warm cookies and hot cocoa sat untouched on the mahogany nightstand while Victor pulled up a wooden chair.
“You’re safe here now, Toby; nobody will ever make you clean those floors or hurt you again,” Victor promised gently.
Toby looked down at his small, calloused hands, remembering the cold, dark basement apartment he shared before tonight.
“My mom always said my father was a very important man who had to hide in the shadows,” Toby whispered quietly.
Victor’s expression softened with deep sorrow as he remembered his late brother’s tragic disappearance twenty years ago.
“Your father was a good man, Toby, and he left instructions that I was to protect you no matter what the cost,” Victor said.
Toby looked up, his big blue eyes reflecting the warm amber light of the bedside lamp with innocent trust.
“Does this mean I have to go to a big school with kids who yell at me like Chloe did?” the boy asked nervously.
May you like
“You’ll have the best private tutors in the country, and nobody will ever raise their voice at you again,” Victor reassured him.
***
Related Stories
