Chapter 15 - The Desperate Truth
Victoria stared at the burning, foaming chemical reaction eating through her floorboards, her entire body freezing in absolute, paralyzing horror. Her mind struggled to comprehend how a bottle she had prepared could turn into a deadly weapon.
Rosa continued to sob from the floor, her voice cracking with pure terror, finally finding the breath to speak.
"I was protecting him!"
Rosa cried out, struggling to make herself understood between her heavy, agonizing, breathless sobs.
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"I swear to God, I was protecting your son!"
The maid’s desperate, truthful words echoed in the nursery, violently ripping away the veil of peace. The realization hit Victoria like a physical blow to the stomach. The maid hadn't attacked her baby; she had just thrown herself into the line of fire to save him from a brutal, agonizing death.
