Chapter 2 - The Ghost of IsabelleElena slowly removed one white glove.
Something flashed beneath the ballroom lights.
A ring.
Old.
Elegant.
Impossible to mistake.
Vanessa's face went white.
She knew it.
Everyone in the Laurent family knew it.
The ring had belonged to Isabelle Laurent.
Isabelle had been the first wife of Adrian Laurent's late uncle—the woman whose disappearance had become one of the family's darkest secrets.
Twenty years ago, Isabelle had supposedly suffered a mental breakdown.
Then she vanished.
And the Laurent family announced that her young daughter had died with her.
But now Elena stood beneath the chandeliers wearing Isabelle's ring.
An elderly guest whispered:
"That's the Laurent heirloom."
Victor Laurent, the aging patriarch of the family, slowly stepped forward.
His face had lost all color.
His eyes locked onto Elena.
"Elena..."
She looked at him.
"You remember."
Victor's lips trembled.
Vanessa pushed herself from the floor.
"Victor, don't listen to her."
Victor didn't even look at her.
"Be quiet."
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The words were quiet.
But they carried the authority of a man whose entire world had just cracked open.
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