Chapter 7 - The Voice in the RecordingThat night, Leo couldn't sleep.
He sat alone in his room, staring at the rain.
He remembered something.
The night Sarah disappeared.
A sound.
A man's voice.
He had heard it through the ventilation system.
At the time, he had assumed he was imagining it.
Now he wasn't so sure.
Leo opened his laptop.
Months earlier, he had secretly installed a small security recorder because he didn't trust Eleanor.
He searched through old files.
Most were meaningless.
Doors opening.
Footsteps.
Housekeepers.
Then he found one file.
October 17.
11:43 p.m.
Leo pressed play.
Static.
Then Eleanor's voice.
“She knows too much.”
A man's voice answered.
“Then make sure she never speaks.”
Leo stopped breathing.
The recording continued.
Eleanor whispered:
“And the boy?”
The man replied:
“Leave him to me.”
Leo's hands began shaking.
He knew that voice.
He had heard it his entire life.
He immediately ran downstairs.
“Dad!”
Richard turned.
“What happened?”
Leo handed him the laptop.
“I know who helped Eleanor.”
Richard listened.
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His expression changed.
Because the voice belonged to someone who had been standing beside the family for years.
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