UNBELIEVABLE :"MY STEPMOTHER LOCKED ME IN A BURNING ROOM — BUT THE PHONE HIDDEN IN A SHOE EXPOSED A SECRET THAT DESTROYED HER EMPIRE”
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Chapter 2: The Message
Amelia pressed play.
“Sweetheart, if anything happens to me, call Detective Ryan Cole immediately. The house, the company, all of it—it was supposed to go to you. Margaret knows that.”
The recording ended.
Amelia’s heart slammed against her ribs.
Her father had died in a boating accident six months earlier. Margaret had inherited everything.
But what if that was never supposed to happen?
The smoke thickened.
Amelia dropped to her hands and knees and crawled low across the floor, just as her father had taught her during fire drills.
Near the bathroom vent, she found a small gap where fresh air seeped through.
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She dialed 911.
“Please,” she gasped. “I’m trapped upstairs. They locked me in.”
