Chapter 2: The House Tells the Truth
Chapter 2: The House Tells the Truth
The next morning, Richard sat alone inside his private office.
Monitor after monitor displayed footage from every camera inside the mansion.
At first...
Nothing.
Then one recording stopped him cold.
Richard had left for a meeting.
Exactly seven minutes later...
Vivian's smile vanished.
"Lily!"
The little girl hurried downstairs.
Vivian tossed a heavy laundry basket onto the floor.
"Wash everything."
"I'm tired..."
"What did I say?"
Lily quietly obeyed.
Another video.
Vivian threw away the little girl's breakfast because the toast was "too burnt."
Another.
She locked Lily outside in the rain for nearly an hour.
Another.
She grabbed Lily's wrist so hard the child cried in pain.
Richard couldn't breathe.
Every excuse...
Every bruise...
Every tear...
Had been real.
His own daughter had suffered while he signed contracts around the world believing she was safe.
Michael quietly entered the office.
"You should see one more video."
Richard nodded.
The footage came from the dining room.
Vivian sat with her younger sister.
Neither knew the hidden microphone was recording.
Her sister laughed.
"You're wasting your time being nice to his kid."
Vivian smirked.
"I don't care about that little brat."
"When Richard finally rewrites his will, everything becomes ours."
"And if the girl keeps getting in the way..."
She shrugged.
"There are boarding schools."
"If that doesn't work..."
She smiled coldly.
"Accidents happen."
Richard stood so quickly his chair crashed onto the floor.
His hands trembled with rage.
The woman sleeping beside him...
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Had been planning to erase his daughter from his life.
There would be no second chance.
