“Why keep this secret for so long…?”
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Rose rushed home. She was late, and she knew her parents would kill her for breaking curfew again.
But something felt off. The house was quiet—too quiet. No yelling, no lectures. It was like they had never lived there at all.
Usually, if she was late, they’d be standing at the door waiting to scold her, calling her selfish and stubborn. But now... where were they?
Well, since they weren’t home, that meant no punishment. She couldn’t help but smile at the thought.
Finally—a day without being whipped or screamed at.
She made her way toward the stairs, about to go in, when she heard whispering. Faint. Coming from the basement.
She stopped, frozen in place.
She knew she shouldn’t. The number one rule was: “Never get involved in our busi
