A Looming Shadow

The morning after the big party was not a good one at the Cage mansion. It was quiet. Too quiet. The air felt heavy, like a thick blanket of unspoken words and bad feelings. The drama from the night before, Devon telling everyone he loved Clara, Nana saying he was cut off, it was all too much. There was no happy face anywhere. No one smiled. The usual morning sounds of the house, the maids bustling, the soft clinking of dishes, were hushed. Everyone moved like ghosts.Nana was in her big, fancy room. She sat in her armchair, staring out the window, but not really seeing anything. Her mind was a whirlwind of anger and hurt. Her son, Richard, came in. He looked tired. He sat down in a chair across from her, his shoulders slumped. He knew they had to talk about Devon.He let out a long breath. “Mother,” he started, his voice soft. “I think we should just let him be.”Nana’s head snapped up. Her eyes, usually so calm, were wide with shock. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “I can

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The Serpent's Embrace

The morning after the big fight was strangely quiet at the Cage mansion. The air still felt thick with all the bad feelings from the night before, but everyone was trying to act normal. The drama of Devon telling everyone he loved Clara, and Nana saying he was cut off, had left a heavy cloud over the house. No one looked happy.Nana had a doctor’s checkup planned for that day. It was a regular thing, but today it felt like a way to escape the heavy air. She left the house with her son, Richard, after their heart to heart conversation regarding the love triangle Devon has created himself. Rita and Damien were invited to the Montgomery’s for lunch. Rita was not interested in the drama at home, not today, so she was happy to leave. She took Damien, and Elise and Arielle tagged along too, probably wanting to get away from the tension as well. Soon, the big mansion was almost empty.Yvonne left the house too, or at least, that’s what she made everyone believe. She got into her car, drove a

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A Desperate Call

At the office, Devon was deep in a big meeting, trying to close an important deal. But even with all the numbers and serious talk, his mind kept going back to Clara. He felt a strange knot in his stomach, a worry he couldn't shake. He had never felt so much fear for her before. He tried to tell himself it was just because he missed her, that he was being silly.During a short break in the meeting, he quickly pulled out his phone. He tried to call Clara. He called her once, then twice. But her phone was off. It went straight to voicemail. That made the knot in his stomach tighter. He was just about to call the home phone at the mansion, to ask where she was and if she was okay, when his assistant called him back into the meeting. He had to put his worry aside and go back in.The meeting kept going. They were talking about a huge piece of land they needed to buy for a new project. One of the important people on the board said, “We have to get that land. But Mr. Tho

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A Mother's Desperate Fight

“Yvonne! What the hell is going on? Why were you with Clara? And why did she scream my name like that?” His voice was low, dangerous, a clear threat. “Listen to me. If anything, anything happens to Clara, I swear to God, Yvonne, I will kill you. Do you understand me?”Yvonne, who was now at the hospital, her heart pounding from hitting Clara with the vase, heard his words. Her face twisted in a mix of fear and rage. How dare he threaten me for her! The thought burned through her. But this wasn’t about her anger right now. Her plans had changed. She wanted the news of Clara’s death to be what he heard first, a shock that would break him. But since Devon now knew she was with Clara, since he had heard Clara’s voice, the plans had to move fast. She had to act quickly before the entire Cage family made their way to the hospital.She forced her voice to sound calm, even a little breathless, like she had just gone through so

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A Looming Shadow

The Serpent's Embrace

A Desperate Call

A Mother's Desperate Fight