THE MONSTER.
The Diary of Silence Chapter Twenty-Five — The Monster Who Raised Them The storm did not stop. Rain struck the roof in relentless waves, and thunder rolled across the sky like distant explosions. Every few seconds lightning lit the small bedroom, throwing pale flashes across the walls. Amara sat on the edge of her bed. The diary lay open between her and the boy. For a long time, neither of them spoke. The words they had already read sat heavily in the air between them. The crash worked perfectly. Those four words had shattered something inside her. Her parents’ death had always been a wound. But now it was something else. A crime. A betrayal. A lie that had lived quietly in the house for years. And the man responsible was downstairs, drinking and watching television. Her un
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