CHAPTER 5 — The Grandmother Who Knew Everything

Emily rushed to the nursing home.
Margaret lay silent in bed, unable to speak since the stroke.
Emily held up the letter.
"Grandma... did you know?"
Tears filled Margaret's eyes.
Her fingers moved slowly toward the bedside drawer.
Inside was a small silver key.
Emily followed the clue back to the old house.
The key opened a locked cabinet in Margaret's bedroom.
Inside were police files.
Photos.
And a diary.
Emily opened it and felt her heart shatter.
Margaret had known the truth for thirty years.
She had seen Victor return home that night covered in mud.
She had heard Emily's mother screaming.
But she stayed silent.
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Not because she hated Emily's mother...
But because Victor had threatened to kill baby Emily next.