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Chapter 244

I frowned, confusion replacing fear. "What are you talking about?"

"The real threat to Emma isn't me," Olivia said quietly. "It's Victoria."

I laughed outright at that. "Victoria? She loves Emma more than anything in this world."

"Does she?" Olivia nodded to someone behind me.

The door opened again, and Dorothy Lawson walked in. The housekeeper from Rosewood Haven looked nervous, wringing her

hands as she avoided my gaze.

"Tell him what you told me, Dorothy," Olivia instructed.

Dorothy cleared her throat. "Miss Victoria... she's not kind to Emma when no one's watching."

"That's a lie," I snapped. "Victoria adores Emma."

"I've seen Emma come out of her mother's room with red eyes and slap marks," Dorothy continued, her voice gaining strength.

"I've heard the crying, the begging."

I shook my head vehemently. "No. Victoria would never hurt Emma. Never."

pay you to say this?" I demanded, glaring at

didn't need payment to do

"I took this video last winter when I came

errand."

standing barefoot in the snow, wearing only a thin nightgown. Her small body shivered violently as she hugged

for thirty minutes because she spilled juice on the carpet," Dorothy explained, her voice breaking. "It

"This could be

sleeve, revealing finger-shaped bruises on her

marks on her

horror creeping into my

been injecting her with something. I don't know what, but Emma's been lethargic

of Victoria's medical background, her access to various drugs

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the Silvercrest

I whispered, but doubt had taken root. "No, she

untied my restraints. "You're free to go, Connor. Investigate for yourself

us."

eyeing her suspiciously. "Just like that? You're letting me

replied simply. "You'll do what needs to

security code Victoria had given me still worked, allowing me to slip past the

the familiar halls, pausing outside Emma's bedroom. The door was ajar, and

under the covers, her

My daughter. My blood.

nightlight,

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