Category: Cliffhanger Stories

The next day, with Marcus conveniently out of the house at a “community leadership” meeting, I crept into his study. The room, usually so imposing, [more…]

My hands, still trembling slightly, held the old USB drive. The tension in Marcus’s study was palpable, even in his absence. I knew I couldn’t [more…]

Raymond’s unsent letter, with its haunting message to Simone, lay spread out on my bed. The realization about my mother’s possible awareness was still a [more…]

Raymond’s faded letter, clutched in my hand, felt like a burning ember. His words, “my part in the deception,” and “forced out by Marcus,” resonated [more…]

Armed with Jem’s strategy, I began a covert search of our house. It felt invasive, an act of betrayal against my own home, but the [more…]

The lawyer’s letters lay like grim prophecies on my desk, a stark reminder of Marcus’s power and his willingness to use it against me. The [more…]

The legal letters Marcus presented felt like a physical barrier between me and the truth, an attempt to silence me with fear. But the mention [more…]

Two days after Nia discovered the burner phone, Marcus called her into his study. The room, usually a place of quiet reflection for him, now [more…]

Nia couldn’t tear her eyes from the burner phone. The tiny screen held a universe of betrayal, each message a thread in a complex web [more…]

The burner phone, now bagged and hidden, felt like a physical weight Nia carried everywhere. Every laugh from Marcus, every casual remark he made about [more…]