Whispers of the Forgotten

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place of the laughing. Before my hands hit wood, I fumbled about looking for the ladder and anything to cling onto. I

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l shaking from what I had seen. There was a big table for three, and the

n I walked in, he didn't look up. With his gaze downcast and his hands folded in his lap,

ix's right. Like a thick rope dra

lled chicken by the butler. The silverware

the butler,

nod and w

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remaine

Grayson again. "

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I suppose I'll just eat in silence and act like thi

s to quiver just a little

hen he finally spoke. "Y

'm here for your kid, however. And in this

nched h

dn't

again, but with a gentler tone

face Grayson.

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with my hand across the table. I sa

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but before I could interpret

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aped the floor as

ake care

the corridor as he hurri

yson. "Are you famili

against the bottom of his plate without blinking or

a glance and mout

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elix had, stopping at the edge of the corr

oor and stared through the

ocking

me, more

mained

the knocki

couldn't hear while leanin

standing there in the d

like fog in the ai

n had n

once again withou

by saying, "I don't believe th

ix said. "

d wine glass. He gripped t

ion for you," I

g, wary eyes

knoc

dn't r

e there any drawings in th

s still

ays inside the home. And someo

. "Nadia, what precisely do

"I believe that E

winced at

remaine

d in this home ended the night she died." "And I bel

ck up. "That'

he trapdoor. I also noticed what's below there. Her clothing caug

ion of someone who want

ve gone down there

in its exist

ection of the home. A studio. When she believed that the world

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dn't r

he dishes and I sat d

at my sleeve. Somet

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yson, Felix, and mysel

was, however, dr

mp

the necklace

evening, I was combing his hair. He s

xhausted?"

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inside when

ry, not a chi

ut and

I turned th

ting was tha

something weighty in every word

ement on the last p

ers the truth. I had to keep her hidden. T

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