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Chapter 8 — The New Beginning

One year later, Evelyn returned to the mansion.

Not as Richard Harrington’s wife.

But as the woman who survived him.

The house had been rebuilt.

The broken hallway was repaired.

The marble floors were polished.

But Evelyn kept one thing.

A small crack in the marble.

Lily asked why.

“Why don’t you fix it?”

Evelyn smiled.

“Because that crack reminds me of something.”

“What?”

“That even the strongest things can break
”

She looked at her daughter.

“But they can also be rebuilt.”

Outside, sunlight filled the mansion.

Lily ran through the hallway where she once stood in fear.

Now she laughed.

Now she was free.

And somewhere in the world, people still remembered the night when a little girl stood between a monster and her mother


And an elevator opened.

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Changing everything forever.

THE END

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