CHAPTER 6: HIDDEN CAMERA 📸
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Chapter 6 – Hidden Cameras
Ava didn’t sleep.
She couldn’t.
Not after what Elise had said. Not after holding a photo of herself that didn’t belong to this life.
Her hands shook as she scrolled through her phone, looking for anything — any proof — that Elise was lying. But the woman in gold wasn’t just confident. She was calculated. Dangerous.
And disturbingly familiar.
By 4 a.m., Ava was pacing her apartment barefoot, her silk robe trailing behind her like smoke. She kept glancing at her walls… her ceiling… even her outlets.
It was like something in her gut had flipped.
And then she saw it.
The light on her hallway smoke detector — usually green — was blinking red.
She dragged a chair over and stood on it. The plastic casing popped off too easily.
Inside wasn’t just a battery.
It was a lens.
A micro camera.
Her breath caught in her throat.
There were no labels. No wires. Just a smooth black eye that had watched her — for how long?
She checked her bedroom next. Her mirror. Her bookshelf.
Three more hidden cameras.
All small. All perfectly placed. All silently feeding something — or someone.
She grabbed her phone and dialed the only person who might know.
Julian answered on the second ring.
“What’s wrong?” he said instantly.
“How long have I been under surveillance?” she demanded.
Julian didn’t respond right away.
“You need to calm down,” he said finally.
“Wrong answer.” She was already pulling on clothes. “I want the truth. I want names. And I swear to God, Julian, if I find out you put those in my apartment—”
“I didn’t,” he cut in. “But I know who did.”
Ava froze.
“Who?”
Julian’s voice lowered to a whisper. “The same people who erased your first life.”
Click.
He hung up.
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🔥 End of Chapter 6
Now Ava knows:
She’s not imagining it.
She’s being watched — and it’s not just by Julian.
The truth about her past… is being controlled.
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