CHAPTER 2: THE RECORDING
CHAPTER 2: THE RECORDING
Arthur's voice echoed through the courtroom.
Angry.
Loud.
Terrified.
"You two are out of your minds! If this gets out, the company is finished!"
Gasps spread across the room.
I looked toward Clara.
She wasn't smiling anymore.
Then another voice came through the speaker.
Her voice.
Cold.
Sharp.
Nothing like the sweet woman everyone knew.
"Relax. Nobody will ever find out."
The prosecutor jumped to his feet.
The jury stared in shock.
Then Julian spoke.
The entire courtroom went silent.
"We poison him tonight. The nanny takes the blame. Eleanor is too young to understand anything."
Mrs. Gable covered her mouth.
"Oh my God..."
I felt tears forming in my eyes.
I remembered that night.
The shouting.
The fear.
The ambulance lights.
Then my father's voice returned one last time.
"If anything happens to me... Clara and Julian did it."
The recording ended.
Silence.
A horrible, heavy silence.
Then chaos exploded.
"That's fake!" Clara screamed.
She shot out of her chair.
And suddenly...
She ran.
Straight for the courtroom doors.
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But she wasn't the only one trying to escape...
TO BE CONTINUED...
