They Threw Her Into an Ice-Cold Pool for Laughs—Fifteen Minutes Later, Her Husband Watched Three Cars Arrive and Realized His Cruel Joke Had Backfired
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Chapter 17 - The Mysterious Package Arrives
“Madeline, this package was just delivered to our front desk via courier from a private estate in Boston,” Marcus said, laying the box down.
“There was no return address, but it bears a wax seal with the crest of the Vancewood Estate.”
I paused, setting my wine glass down as I looked at the dark blue box with a sudden, curious focus.
I had no connections in Boston, nor had my firm ever conducted business with anyone operating under the Vancewood name.
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I reached out, breaking the heavy wax seal and lifting the lid of the velvet box to reveal what lay inside.
Sitting atop a bed of black silk was an antique silver key attached to a heavy iron tag, alongside a handwritten letter on parchment.
