LIES FROM WITHIN(CONTINUATION?
535 Words
Some one made him dissappear
Chapter 8: Midnight Confession
That night, Elara reread the darkest journal entry yet.
"He begged me to run. But I couldn’t leave my daughter. So Michael made sure Jonas would never speak again."
Her stomach twisted.
Her father—Michael—had done something terrible.
She confronted him after dinner.
“Who was Jonas Harrison?”
He looked stunned. Then cold.
“You’ve been reading that damn journal.”
“So it’s true?”
He stood. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Tell me!”
“You were a baby! She was unstable. That man—he was dangerous.”
Elara backed away.
“She loved him, didn’t she?”
“She was confused.”
He grabbed her wrist.
“She chose me. For your sake.”
Elara pulled free.
And for the first time, she was afraid of her own father.
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Chapter 9: Letters Never Sent
Elara found hidden letters at the bottom of the journal. Unsent. Unopened.
All addressed to Jonas.
"I still see your face when I look at her. She's so much like you."
"Michael watches everything. I’m scared. I don’t know what he’s capable of anymore."
Elara's hands shook.
She brought one letter to school and showed her best friend, Ivy.
“He might have… killed him,” Elara whispered.
“Jesus,” Ivy said. “You have to tell someone.”
“Who would believe me?”
Elara’s world was tilting.
Her mother had lived in fear.
And now, maybe, Elara would too.
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Chapter 10: The Hidden Tape
Inside an old jewelry box, Elara found a cassette tape labeled "For Elara, if I'm gone."
She borrowed Ivy’s player and hit play.
Her mother’s voice crackled to life.
“Sweetheart, if you’re hearing this… I didn’t die peacefully.”
Elara’s breath caught.
“I loved Jonas. Michael knew. When I tried to leave, Jonas vanished. He said it was an accident, but I never believed him.”
The voice broke.
“Promise me—if you ever feel unsafe, run.”
Tears streamed down Elara’s face.
Her mother had tried to warn her.
And now, her past was clawing back into the light.
Chapter 11: Beneath the Surface
Elara stayed silent through dinner, her eyes fixed on her plate. Her father chatted as if nothing had changed, but she could feel the tension humming beneath his words.
She forced a smile, nodding when he asked about school. But inside, her mind raced.
She couldn’t let him know what she had found—the letters, the tape. Not yet.
Afterward, she slipped back into her room and locked the door. She opened a new notebook, separate from her mother’s journal.
A place to document everything.
She wrote:
Jonas Harrison – confirmed. Disappeared. No public record of death.
Tape = confession. Mom feared Dad.
Every word she wrote made it feel more real.
Elara wasn’t just chasing shadows anymore.
She was building a case.
But the silence in the hallway outside her room—it was heavy.
Was he listening?
She tucked the notebook under her mattress.
If she was going to survive this, she had to stay one step ahead.
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