The Pianist's Reckoning

dler, an architect from a powerful family, was her biggest fan, her rock, their love a fortress built over shared dreams and

l despair, followed by her chilling accusation: "You did this!" She dramatically "found" a crudely written

eved her. He banished me to our secluded lake house, confiscating my phone and keys, isolating me completely. A week later, he made me his spectacle: dressing me i

t me, orchestrated this grotesque public humiliation. Was it all a lie? How

, tearing off the mocking bell, and made a desperate call for help. They thought they had killed Ava Thompson. They were a