Chapter 12 - Sophia Confronts Her Past Inside The Master Suite
Later that evening, Sophia walked alone through the quiet, dimly lit corridors of the grand Pendelton ancestral mansion.
She paused outside the master suite where her mother had lived before passing away decades prior.
She turned the brass doorknob, pushing the heavy wooden door open to reveal a room preserved entirely in time.
A framed family portrait hung above the fireplace, showing a young Arthur smiling warmly beside his late wife.
Sophia walked over to the mantel, gently tracing her fingers across the wooden frame of the photograph.
“We won, Mama. We took back everything they stole from us,” Sophia whispered softly into the empty room.
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A warm breeze drifted in through the open window, fluttering the curtains and bringing a sense of ultimate peace.
She knew her journey as an executive and mother had only just begun, but the ghosts of her past were finally laid to rest.
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