"I should have found this room months ago." I paced the narrow space, my fists clenched so tight my knuckles had gone white. "This is my house. I grew up here. How does someone build a hiding place inside my own home and I never notice?""Stop." Olivia caught my arm, forcing me to stand still. "This isn't your fault, Ethan.""It's exactly my fault. I'm responsible for this family's security. I'm responsible for keeping you and Noah safe, and somebody's been standing close enough to take pictures of us without either of us ever noticing.""You didn't build this room," Olivia said firmly. "You didn't hide inside it. Blaming yourself for someone else's crime doesn't make either of us safer. It just makes you useless to the part where we actually fix this."I looked at her, something in her voice cutting through the spiral I'd been falling into, and forced myself to take a breath."You're right," I said. "I'm sorry.""Don't apologize. Just help me go through this properly." She turned bac
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