Chapter 20 - Marcus Makes A Devastating Discovery In The Safe
On the final evening before Chloe's discharge, Marcus returned to the family estate to pack up personal belongings from the study.
He spun the combination dial on his late father's heavy iron floor safe hidden behind the mahogany wainscoting.
The heavy steel door swung open smoothly, revealing rows of old family documents, jewelry, and sealed legal envelopes.
At the very bottom of the safe sat a heavy black cassette tape labeled with his father's handwriting: If anything happens to me.
Marcus pulled the cassette out, staring at the vintage magnetic tape with a sudden, overwhelming sense of dread.
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He didn't own a cassette player anymore, but he knew there was an old vintage deck stored in the estate's attic library.
Carrying the tape upstairs through the darkened hallways, Marcus felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up straight.
