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The Widow's Deadly Secret

Chapter 3 

Word Count: 752    |    Released on: 23/06/2025

nds trembled on the steering wheel. It wasn't a dream. It wasn't a hallucination.

rs, a loud banging startled me. It was Ma

gainst the doorframe. "Just talk to me

h. I had bought it for him after a scare at the park last year. It could o

creen rea

d. I answered it

el

t. It was Lily. "My dad isn't home. Have yo

ho was still rambli

said, my voice

liars. And I know more than just Leo's phone number. I know you

and against the door. "Mark, go home! Leave us

ine! Be that way!" He stumbled aw

hammering against my ribs. She had hacked Leo's watch. She knew where we lived.

o ring. Not just once, but incessantly, a shrill,

ndow and peered t

of the streetlamp. She was in her pajamas, clutc

ghbor Mrs. Gable' s house. T

wail. "Daddy! Daddy, are you in t

ont door. "Good heavens,

ting at my house. "My pet tarantula told me

rds sent a fresh spik

disapproval. "What is the meaning of this? Let that p

e commotion. I was trapped. If I kept her out, they'd call

t her in. B

what a surprise. Mrs. Gable, Mr. Henderson, perhap

e of suspicion and pity. I let Li

she asked, her eye

he's not," I

opened closets, peered under the sofa, even checked behind the shower

r act of a desperate child flawless.

ce a venomous hiss that no one else could hear. "

learly. A small, clear glass jar, tucked into the waistband of her pajam

m for their help, and walked out the door, a pe

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“Six months into rebuilding her life, single mom Sarah is proposed to by Mark, a kind widower. Her heart, long dormant, finally warms as Mark proposes, surrounded by their hopeful children. But then, a terrifying premonition: a camping trip with Mark's daughter, Lily, turns deadly as Lily summons hordes of venomous spiders to kill Sarah and her son, Leo, coldly whispering, "No one gets to be Daddy's favorite but me and my real mom." Sarah gasps awake, back at the proposal, the chilling memory of venom and Lily' s malevolence still vivid. With a shudder, Sarah rejects Mark, baffling him and infuriating his family, who brand her cruel, while Lily's angelic facade cracks to reveal a glimpse of pure, icy fury. Lily, however, won't be deterred; she stalks Sarah, hacking Leo's smartwatch and staging a manipulative late-night scene that traps Sarah into letting her inside. The nightmare escalates when Lily kidnaps Leo from his after-school program, and Sarah discovers Mark's shocking history: all his previous girlfriends, and even his wife, died from mysterious "spider bites." Sarah' s confusion turns into a cold fury, realizing Mark isn't just oblivious but complicit, enabling his daughter's monstrous trail of victims. Lily' s voice, relayed by a tarantula-borne recorder, demands Sarah come alone to an abandoned quarry, threatening Leo with a spider attack. Knowing the police will only escalate the danger, Sarah races towards the quarry, ready to face the truth and fight for her son' s life.”
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