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Chapter 81 - Letters of the past

Cassidy

A few days had passed since that night in the library.

Kieran's words still echoed in my head like a riddle that refused to die.

"Who could this third man be?"

No one had answered. Not then. Not yet.

The estate had settled into a strange, waiting silence since. Conversations felt shorter. Eye contact lingered too long. The kind of quiet that always comes before thunder.

Tonight, it cracked.

I was sitting by the tall windows downstairs when my phone buzzed.

> Celeste: On my way. My mom called me. She said she wanted to talk to all of us.

My fingers tightened around the phone.

A door opened down the hall a few minutes later, and there she was—Celeste, walking through the main foyer, boots clicking softly against the marble.

She spotted me, paused, then walked over.

"Hey," I said, standing.

Her shoulders were stiff. Her face unreadable.

"mom sent for me," she said. "Said we need to talk. All of us."

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