2025-05-16 19:47:00Instead, he pulled something from his pocket—discharge documents, folded neatly. He set them on the table beside her bed.
“I’ve settled everything,” he said. “The bills. The paperwork. Once the doctor clears you, you’re going home.” She stared at the wall, trying not to let him see the way her eyes burned. Elijah paused at the door. “For your own sake, Valeria… stop chasing ghosts.” Then he left. The door clicked shut behind him, leaving Valeria with the hum of machines—and the cold realization that while Elijah’s mouth said one thing…
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Chapter 45
Valeria slammed her shoulder into the metallic door for the twelfth time, her breath ragged, arms trembling with exhaustion.“Faster, Anna! Push harder—he’s in there!” she shouted, voice cracking with a mix of desperation and fury.Anna didn’t answer. She was beyond words, sweat dripping from her forehead as she swung a rusted pipe again and again against the welded seam. Every impact echoed through the corridor like a scream, but the damn door held tight, mocking their efforts.Clang!Clang!Clang!Valeria fell to her knees, chest heaving. “We’re not going to make it,” she whispered, but as she looked up—her eyes widened.Smoke.A thin trail of black smoke curled from the upper edges of the door m. Her heart jolted.“He’s alive. He’s trying to signal us—Anna, he’s right there!”That lit a fire under Anna. She gritted her teeth and raised the pipe again with a roar that didn’t sound like her at all—pure rage, pure fear.BANG!The metal groaned. Just barely.“Again!” Valeria shouted.B
Chapter 44
The gate groaned shut behind him. The armed guards didn’t follow. They didn’t need to. Inside the Glass House, there was no running, no escape. Only truth — and whatever pain came with it. Elijah stepped across the floor of the hall, The chandelier overhead sparkled. He knew the house. He remembered every inch. Every lie. He climbed the stairs two at a time.The guards had already radioed ahead. He wasn’t stopped. At the end of the hallway, two oak doors stood, slightly ajar. He didn’t knock. He burst in. And there he was. Joshua Quinn. Sitting behind a massive desk, his black robe falling from his shoulders. Eyes cold. Calm. As if he’d been waiting. “Elijah,” he said with a small smile. “You’ve finally arrived.” Elijah didn’t answer. Didn’t speak. He crossed the room in three strides and grabbed his father by the collar, dragging him from the chair like a bag of bones. Joshua didn’t resist. He merely raised an eyebrow, still smiling. “There it is,” he whispered. “Th
Chapter 43
The gate groaned shut behind him. The armed guards didn’t follow. They didn’t need to. Inside the Glass House, there was no running, no escape. Only truth — and whatever pain came with it. Elijah stepped across the floor of the hall, The chandelier overhead sparkled. He knew the house. He remembered every inch. Every lie. He climbed the stairs two at a time.The guards had already radioed ahead. He wasn’t stopped. At the end of the hallway, two oak doors stood, slightly ajar. He didn’t knock. He burst in. And there he was. Joshua Quinn. Sitting behind a massive desk, his black robe falling from his shoulders. Eyes cold. Calm. As if he’d been waiting. “Elijah,” he said with a small smile. “You’ve finally arrived.” Elijah didn’t answer. Didn’t speak. He crossed the room in three strides and grabbed his father by the collar, dragging him from the chair like a bag of bones. Joshua didn’t resist. He merely raised an eyebrow, still smiling. “There it is,” he whispered. “Th
Chapter 42
The gate groaned shut behind him. The armed guards didn’t follow. They didn’t need to. Inside the Glass House, there was no running, no escape. Only truth — and whatever pain came with it. Elijah stepped across the floor of the hall, The chandelier overhead sparkled. He knew the house. He remembered every inch. Every lie. He climbed the stairs two at a time.The guards had already radioed ahead. He wasn’t stopped. At the end of the hallway, two oak doors stood, slightly ajar. He didn’t knock. He burst in. And there he was. Joshua Quinn. Sitting behind a massive desk, his black robe falling from his shoulders. Eyes cold. Calm. As if he’d been waiting. “Elijah,” he said with a small smile. “You’ve finally arrived.” Elijah didn’t answer. Didn’t speak. He crossed the room in three strides and grabbed his father by the collar, dragging him from the chair like a bag of bones. Joshua didn’t resist. He merely raised an eyebrow, still smiling. “There it is,” he whispered. “Th
Chapter 41
The gate groaned shut behind him. The armed guards didn’t follow. They didn’t need to. Inside the Glass House, there was no running, no escape. Only truth — and whatever pain came with it. Elijah stepped across the floor of the hall, The chandelier overhead sparkled. He knew the house. He remembered every inch. Every lie. He climbed the stairs two at a time.The guards had already radioed ahead. He wasn’t stopped. At the end of the hallway, two oak doors stood, slightly ajar. He didn’t knock. He burst in. And there he was. Joshua Quinn. Sitting behind a massive desk, his black robe falling from his shoulders. Eyes cold. Calm. As if he’d been waiting. “Elijah,” he said with a small smile. “You’ve finally arrived.” Elijah didn’t answer. Didn’t speak. He crossed the room in three strides and grabbed his father by the collar, dragging him from the chair like a bag of bones. Joshua didn’t resist. He merely raised an eyebrow, still smiling. “There it is,” he whispered. “Th
Chapter 40
The gate groaned shut behind him. The armed guards didn’t follow. They didn’t need to. Inside the Glass House, there was no running, no escape. Only truth — and whatever pain came with it. Elijah stepped across the floor of the hall, The chandelier overhead sparkled. He knew the house. He remembered every inch. Every lie. He climbed the stairs two at a time.The guards had already radioed ahead. He wasn’t stopped. At the end of the hallway, two oak doors stood, slightly ajar. He didn’t knock. He burst in. And there he was. Joshua Quinn. Sitting behind a massive desk, his black robe falling from his shoulders. Eyes cold. Calm. As if he’d been waiting. “Elijah,” he said with a small smile. “You’ve finally arrived.” Elijah didn’t answer. Didn’t speak. He crossed the room in three strides and grabbed his father by the collar, dragging him from the chair like a bag of bones. Joshua didn’t resist. He merely raised an eyebrow, still smiling. “There it is,” he whispered. “Th
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