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“I was hoping you’d find it,” Irene said softly. “I was hoping you’d come down here. So we could finally talk.” Chloe backed against the cold stone wall. “What is this place?”

“First time she called me Mom.” “Night she tried to run away.” “The day she stopped laughing.” PureTaboo - Aaliyah Love- Kristen Scott -The In...

Chloe felt the floor tilt. “You’re lying.” “I was hoping you’d find it,” Irene said softly

Chloe’s hands trembled. She heard footsteps above. “I was hoping you’d find it

Chloe didn’t blink. She had known. Her father, Richard, had spent the last three years of his life in a fog of opioids and guilt. In the end, he had given everything to Irene — not out of love, Chloe suspected, but out of fear.