Chapter 15 - The Person Who Was Never Supposed To Return
The security footage played again.
Slowly.
The figure moved closer.
The ballroom disappeared around me.
No guests.
No music.
No business.
Only the truth waiting to come out.
Dominic stood beside me.
For once, neither of us spoke.
The person in the video reached the hotel entrance.
The camera captured the face.
I felt my breath disappear.
Because I knew that face.
Everyone in my family knew that face.
A person who had been missing for years.
A person whose disappearance had shaped everything.
The video continued.
The person looked directly into the security camera.
Then smiled.
As if they knew we would eventually find this recording.
A message appeared.
Not on a screen.
Not from a computer.
Written on the back of the original paper necklace.
May you like
Three words.
“I am Sophia’s…”
