Late at night, the three little ones silently got out of bed, moving carefully to avoid making any noise.
Eliot, holding his mother's phone, was the last to sneak out. "Here!" he whispered.
Carter grabbed it, connected the phone to the computer, quickly skimmed through the files, then opened the latest recording.
The three kids huddled together, their ears pressed to the headphones, absorbing every word.
The warden's cold voice echoed through the speakers, and everything he had said to Laura was captured.
"... If you're truly filial, stay away from certain people. That's the only way Edward won't be tortured."
As the final sentence of the recording ended, the three kids exchanged looks, their expressions now serious.
Lila frowned and asked, her voice hesitant, "Is the ‘certain perso
