Chapter 3 - The Voice in His EarMarcus pressed the earpiece.
A faint electronic tone sounded.
His eyes never left Eleanor.
“Go ahead,” he whispered.
A voice answered through the encrypted channel.
Marcus listened.
His expression remained emotionless.
Then came the words that would destroy Eleanor Sterling's world.
“Confirmed. We have the hallway footage.”
Marcus paused.
His gaze moved briefly toward Clara.
Then back to Eleanor.
“Understood.”
He pressed the earpiece again.
“Freeze her estate access.”
Eleanor's face changed.
Only slightly.
But Marcus noticed.
“What did you just say?”
Marcus didn't answer.
He turned toward Clara.
“Clara, step away from the glass.”
She obeyed.
Eleanor's voice rose.
“Who are you?”
Marcus looked at her.
“Someone who has been listening.”
The smile disappeared from Eleanor's face.
Clara stared at him.
“Listening to what?”
Marcus hesitated.
Then he said softly:
“Everything.”
Clara's breath caught.
The cameras.
The west hallway.
The locked rooms.
The private conversations.
The threats.
The punishments.
For months, Eleanor had believed she controlled every camera in the mansion.
She had been wrong.
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Someone had been watching her.
And now someone had brought the evidence.
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