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Chapter 26 – The Weight of Silence

Author: Vera Amakiri
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-03 15:13:29

CHAPTER 26

Elena didn’t leave the hallway. Not for hours. She stood there, motionless, her back pressed

against the wall, replaying the scene over and over until it carved itself into her skull like a

curse. Every moan. Every thrust. Every word that maid spat about her. About them.

The silence afterward was louder than the sex had been.

She should’ve stormed in. She should’ve clawed Alex’s face until it bled. She should’ve dragged

that woman out by her hair and thrown her into the street like the trash she was. But she didn’t.

She couldn’t. Because then it would be real.

If she stayed quiet, if she stayed hidden, maybe it was just a nightmare.

Upstairs, Alex showered. She heard the pipes groan through the walls, the faint splash of water,

the low thud of his fists hitting tile. He stayed in there longer than usual, as though scrubbing

his skin raw could erase what he’d done.

Elena’s nails dug crescent moons into her palms. You’ll never wash her off.

When he finally came down again, he
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