Aug 13, 2026
· 20 chapters
The billionaire mourned his son for years. Then a frantic maid shattered the mansion wall, revealing the boy alive in the dark. He wasn't just trapped. In his small hands, a blinking recorder held every dark truth the stepmother tried to bury.
Champagne flowed. Laughter echoed. Diamonds flashed.
But Anna, one of the estate's maids, felt something was wrong.
As she carried a silver tray through the crowded ballroom, an inexplicable chill crawled beneath her uniform. The Astor mansion was supposed to be a monument to success.
Tonight, it felt like a mausoleum.
She lowered her eyes and continued working.
Then she heard it.
A faint sound from somewhere beyond the ballroom.
Scratch.
Pause.
Scratch.
Anna stopped.
The music continued.
Nobody else seemed to notice.
May you like
But Anna did.
And something inside her told her not to ignore it.
