Chapter 7 - The Confession
Patricia slowly walked toward me, tapping the side of the syringe with her perfectly manicured fingernail.
She told me that I had always been a pathetic disappointment to their prestigious family.
She casually admitted that she had wanted to eliminate me by proving I was an unfit, paranoid mother.
When that failed, she realized she had to take much more permanent measures.
Nathan finally emerged from the shadows of the staircase, watching the scene with dead, unblinking eyes.
I begged Nathan to stop his mother, reminding him that I was the mother of his only child.
He coldly replied that Leo would be raised by a proper mother once my tragic suicide was discovered.
Patricia raised the needle, aiming directly for the exposed skin of my neck.
I backed up against the heavy wooden door, realizing there was no way out of this trap.
I closed my eyes and braced myself for the fatal prick of the needle.
Suddenly, the deafening wail of police sirens shattered the quiet night air outside the estate.
Red and blue lights flashed intensely through the massive glass windows of the foyer.
Patricia paused, looking genuinely confused as the sirens grew louder.
Nathan simply smirked and casually checked his expensive gold watch.
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He whispered that the police were not here to rescue me.
He had called them to report that a deranged, heavily armed woman was trespassing on his property.
