The message changed everything. For several long seconds, nobody spoke.
Clara stood in the center of the sitting room staring at her phone while Ethan and Alexander looked at her with growing concern.
The message remained on the screen. You should have listened to your mother. Just one sentence.
Yet somehow it felt more threatening than every anonymous letter, every hidden clue, and every warning they had received so far.
Because this wasn't random. This wasn't someone trying to scare her. Whoever sent it knew about Emily.
They knew about the investigation. And worst of all… They knew Clara had found the photograph. Alexander took the phone from her and read the message again.
His expression hardened immediately. "Can we trace the number?" Ethan shook his head.
"It's probably routed
