The Sweetest Stepmom
The responding officers forced entry carefully, moving through the small waiting room and into Sarah's private office with practiced efficiency.
Amelia followed close behind Ethan, her heart pounding, and found the office eerily undisturbed, files neatly organized, a framed diploma hanging exactly where a diploma should hang. Except for one detail that made Amelia's blood run cold the moment she saw it.
On the wall behind Sarah's desk, alongside standard diplomas and certifications, hung a single framed photograph, old and slightly faded, of a young Eleanor Bennett holding two identical infants wrapped in matching blue blankets, her exhausted, radiant smile aimed directly at the camera.