Then, from the doorway, came an unexpected sound—a quiet but sharp voice saying, “Daddy.” Everyone turned. Emma stood there, clutching her tablet, her dark eyes steady despite the shock in the room.
“You shouldn’t have done that,” she said, calm and strong beyond her years. “Now Grandpa will see.”
Silence turned into dread across the room. They were no longer cheerleaders of the perfect family show—they were complicit witnesses to a crime. I realized Maxwell’s own flesh and blood had turned on him—and that revelation shattered his control.
Behind the Smile: Years of Hidden Pain
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