Anna POV The house had never felt smaller.Every corner, every shadow, every sound—it all seemed to belong to Sandra now. She moved around as if she owned the place, as if I were the guest and she the host. I tried to keep myself occupied—reading, cleaning, scrolling mindlessly through my phone—but her presence lingered like smoke.She wasn’t loud, not always. Sometimes she simply hummed while making tea, or paced with her phone pressed to her ear, whispering things I couldn’t quite catch. But even in silence, her energy pressed against me, sharp and suffocating.I was sitting in the living room, trying to lose myself in a magazine, when she appeared. No footsteps, no warning—just there, leaning against the doorway.“You’ve been quiet lately,” she said softly. Too softly.I looked up, heart already thudding. “And that bothers you?”Her lips curved into a smirk. “Not at all. But it makes me curious. Quiet people often have the loudest secrets.”I went back to the magazine, pretending
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