The Fowler residence was vibrant with her children’s presence over the weekend, but she returned to the villa in solitude. The greetings of the household staff failed to penetrate her reverie. She sequestered herself within the study.

There, the playback of the video became a relentless cycle on her laptop.

She watched Leonel's embrace with another, a haunting repetition.

She immersed herself in the imagery until a wave of revulsion overwhelmed her, and she succumbed to nausea.

Leonel exited the Fowlers’ residence marked by the evidence of a confrontation-red imprints stained his face, and a trickle of blood stained the corner of his mouth.

Despite the damage, Waylen's frustration lingered, feeling his reprimand had not been harsh enough.

As evening's shadows gathered, Leonel's phone buzzed incessantly with Anika's calls.

the insistent caller ID, he dismissed the call,

solace in the smoky tendrils

under the cloak of eight o'clock. The servant's

With a ghostly pallor under the study's crystal light, Leonel ascended the stairs.

only answer,

in darkness, saturated with the tang

laptop casting an eerie glow, while discarded photographs lay around

embrace, the audible intimacy echoing in the quiet

shiver ran through Leonel at the sight, his

She halted, the motion of the world seeming to pause before her eyes lifted

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