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CHAPTER 19: THE SECRET PLACE

Penulis: Samuel Chikwado
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-05-08 01:48:09

It was the next day, but the tension from the night before was still in the air. I couldn’t stop thinking about the video of Victoria, Greg, and Fred planning everything, talking about my father like he was just a problem they needed to erase.

I was in the kitchen, making tea with my hands still shaking a little.

Carson walked in. He didn’t say anything at first, he just watched me for a few seconds.

“You didn’t sleep again?” he asked.

I shook my head. “I tried, but I kept hearing their voices,” I said. “It’s like they’re still in my head,”I added.

He walked to me and took the cup from my hand. “Sit down,” he said.

I sat at the table and looked at him.

“What now?” I asked.

“We go deeper,” he said. “We dig until we find something that can destroy them,”He added.

“We already have the video,” I said.

He shook his head. “The video is powerful, but it’s not enough. People like Greg and Victoria—they can find a way to spin it so we need more. We need something that ties it all together,”He
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