The night air was cold when Veronica’s car finally turned through the quiet streets leading to the Rosewood estate. Even in the dark, the mansion stood proud, elegant, haunting, the kind of place that carried its own history of money and wealth. She pressed the horn lightly, and one of the guards stepped out of the booth, squinting at the unfamiliar car. “We are here, Adrian,” she said with a sigh, her voice filled with exhaustion. The guard looked skeptical at first, and then his phone rang. He picked it up, listened for a moment, and nodded once before opening the gate. “Go ahead, ma’am. They’re expecting you.” “Yeah, lucky me,” she muttered as she drove in. The driveway seemed endless, lined with trimmed hedges and marble statues. Veronica had been here a handful of times before, usually to drop Cassie off after work gatherings, but this time, it felt different. She parked by the fountain, killed the engine, and sighed. Adrian was slumped against the passenger door, breat
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