"And it didn't stop with Mom and Dad," I said, my voice dropping to a harsh, gravelly whisper that echoed off the high ceilings.I looked straight at my grandmother, seeing the fragile, elegant woman she was right now, and forced my mind back to the hollow, agonizing months that followed the funeral."After Mom and dad died, the grief hollowed this house out," I told her, stepping closer. "You were both shattered. Ella and Bianca completely shut down, becoming hermits locked away in their rooms, refusing to eat, wasting away from grief while I was too blind to see the web tightening around us."My grandmother’s breath hitched, her hand trembling as she clutched the arm of the sofa."I remember the day you died," I said, locking eyes with her. "I was at the office, trying to drown myself in work to escape the crushing silence of this house. My phone rang. It was Nysa, screaming hysterically, telling me you had an accident, that you fell down the stairs."I turned slowly, pointing a rig
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