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Chapter 3 - The SledgehammerAnna ran toward the renovation area.

She grabbed the heaviest tool she could find—a yellow-handled sledgehammer.

Her hands trembled as she carried it back.

The ballroom music continued behind her.

Nobody knew what was happening.

Anna lifted the hammer.

For one second, she hesitated.

Then she swung.

CRACK!

The sound exploded through the mansion.

Guests stopped talking.

The quartet stumbled into silence.

Anna swung again.

CRACK!

Plaster fractured.

Someone screamed.

"Stop her!" a man shouted.

Anna ignored them.

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There was a child behind that wall.

And every second mattered.

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