Unspoken Sin

idnight, but sl

her fingers. The photo of the drowned woman haunted her - not just be

as silenced. And someone

n her mind li

e you

ny people. Only two

Aide

t be the one.

Raym

ilored suits. Never unkind, but never warm. A puzzle she neve

t

d to know wha

leave for his golf retreat - a weekend rit

foll

ath the hood of a faded swe

t wasn't a

One that looked nothing l

ed. Quiet in

gap in the perimeter fence and sneaking toward the hous

gave her

d into its cargo bed and waited. Whe

rouched near t

he hea

ic

re Raymond stood, speaking with a man she didn't

alm, but what he said

. If Veronica finds out what real

deep," the man replied. "She

Raymond snapped. "Elara was

s a t

hing... we'll handle it the sa

le

said, "You rea

e dropped to a

trigger. But I gave

backed aw

in her

out of the estate

ond

et man who played father had handed Elara'

ere plotting t

me, she went st

aw tight, eyes wild. When sh

were you? I've b

she said. "About you

n st

about the estate, the co

just sat. And for the first time since t

ident, brood

hing

ned white. "He knew.

onica said. "Gave

h twisted. "

flin

id

as growing up? I did. But I stayed silent. Because he fed me. Because he gave me the na

th caught. "You

otte and my father weren't looking. She would sit with me in the garden.

's heart

good. And the

ance wasn

as a

ed in Veronica's sleep - li

self. Young

able. A woman with long black hair knelt be

you. No matter wha

- a s

uns

sile

ke up

it r

first memory

eeded

d use to expose Charlotte and

e last person she n

rg

ousek

Always eavesdroppi

around long enough

dry room where Margot worked,

n't be here

ow what happe

s hands

your room,

N

looked at her -

id. "You already know that. S

kille

was s

d the trigger. Raymond covered

's knees

Margot whispered. "But they threate

ca's eyes. "Why are yo

t necklace on you... I knew s

prom

f anything happens to me, tell my daughter the t

room with her hear

ns wasn't just a rem

a decla

ole her

rison out of li

the star

st

d before t