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102 The Truth in the Shadows

Author: Marlize Beneke
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I always thought my family’s story was simple. Ordinary. Dad left when we were kids, Mom buried herself in Ethan’s achievements, and I… well, I was the leftover. The invisible one.

But tonight, everything I thought I knew cracked.

It started with an argument. Ethan stormed out earlier after another tense dinner Mom grilling him about grades, college, and image. The usual golden boy pressure cooker. I slipped away to the attic, a place no one bothered with anymore. Dust clung to every box, and the single lightbulb flickered when I tugged the string.

I was just looking for old photo albums, something to distract me. But I found a box shoved into the farthest corner, taped shut, labeled only with my mother’s handwriting: “Q.”

Not Quinn. Just the letter.

My chest tightened as I pulled it free, coughing when the dust puffed into the air. For a moment I hesitated, because Mom doesn’t leave things unlabeled, not like this. She’s precise. Controlled. But my fingers worked on their own, rippin
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