Chapter 8 - The Video Plays
Clara stared at the intercom speaker as Julian's laughter echoed through the vault.
"I did not kill Elena, Clara," Julian lied smoothly over the speaker.
"Dante discovered our affair and murdered her in cold blood while I was forced to watch."
Sophia covered her ears, clearly terrified by the sound of Julian's voice.
Dante lay paralyzed on the floor, his eyes burning with silent, desperate fury.
Clara pulled the cracked phone from her pocket and opened the video gallery.
There was only one video saved on the night Elena died.
Clara pressed play, her hands shaking uncontrollably.
The grainy video showed Elena crying hysterically in the master bedroom.
She was setting up the phone to secretly record from a hidden shelf in the closet.
"Julian is forcing me to frame Dante for the embezzlement," Elena cried to the camera.
"He found out I was going to tell Dante the truth, and now he is going to kill me."
Suddenly, the bedroom door in the video burst open violently.
Julian walked directly into the frame, holding a heavy silver pistol with a silencer.
He did not know the hidden phone was recording his every move.
"You really broke my heart, Elena," Julian said coldly on the video.
He raised the weapon and pulled the trigger without a single ounce of hesitation.
The video abruptly ended in terrifying silence.
The absolute truth was finally revealed in undeniable high definition.
Clara looked down at Dante, whose fingers were finally beginning to twitch.
The paralytic drug was wearing off faster than the doctor had anticipated.
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Then, a loud hissing sound began echoing from the ceiling vents.
"If you will not come out, I will just gas you like rats," Julian announced through the intercom.
