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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."

I demanded, glaring at Dorothy.

"I didn't need

me. "I took this video last

errand."

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

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

stomach churned. "This could be

finger-shaped bruises on her wrist. "Emma has fresh

needle marks

I repeated, horror creeping into my

"Victoria's been injecting her with something. I don't know

tilt around me. I thought of

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doubt had taken

guards, who untied my restraints. "You're free to go,

us."

"Just like that? You're letting me walk

instincts," Olivia replied simply. "You'll do what needs to be

evening, I stood outside Rosewood Haven, my heart pounding in my chest. The security code Victoria had given me still worked, allowing me to slip past the guards and into

familiar halls, pausing outside Emma's bedroom. The

the covers, her breathing steady in

My daughter. My blood.

her. In the soft glow of her nightlight, I could see the