CHAPTER 1 – The Trap Was Already Set
CHAPTER 1 – The Trap Was Already Set
The whisper ended with a soft click.
Olivia Carter slipped the phone back into her pocket before anyone noticed.
Then she screamed.
A raw, agonizing cry echoed through the mansion as she clutched her eight-month pregnant belly.
"My baby..."
The elderly caretaker, Mrs. Evelyn, finally looked down.
"Oh my God!"
She rushed toward Olivia, but the blonde woman stepped in front of her first.
It was Vanessa Hart.
Her mascara streaked down her cheeks as she sobbed dramatically.
"She attacked me first!"
Vanessa pointed at the bruises on her own wrist.
"She grabbed me... I only pushed her away!"
Mrs. Evelyn hesitated.
She had worked for the Hart family for over thirty years.
Vanessa had always been treated like a daughter.
Olivia had only married into the family eighteen months earlier.
Without thinking, the caretaker helped Vanessa instead.
"It's okay, dear."
Olivia watched silently.
Exactly as expected.
The hidden security camera above the staircase blinked red.
Still recording.
Vanessa smiled through fake tears.
"I told you no one would believe you."
Olivia simply looked at her.
"No."
Vanessa frowned.
"They'll believe the evidence."
Three police sirens echoed outside.
Vanessa's smile disappeared.
"What...?"
The front doors burst open.
"Police! Nobody move!"
Detective Mateo Ruiz entered with two uniformed officers and a forensic photographer already taking pictures.
Vanessa stared in disbelief.
"How did you know?"
Ruiz looked directly at Olivia.
"Because she called me twelve minutes ago."
Silence.
Olivia slowly sat up despite the pain.
"I told Detective Ruiz someone would try to kill my baby today."
Every face turned toward Vanessa.
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For the first time...
She stopped crying.
