My Husband Said Floor 4 Didn't Exist While Draining My $145,000 Savings—Until His Ex Revealed The 1912 Pact Sealed Above Our Bedroom
👉 Previous action: Inside Floor 4, the entity manifested as Julian’s great-grandfather, and Julian apologized as Clara displayed the evidence.
Clara’s voice, clear and resonant, filled the freezing corridor of Floor 4. She began to read Arthur Pendelton’s 1912 fraudulent land deed aloud, her words slicing through the oppressive silence.
“Property of St. Jude Mansions, excluding Floor 4, declared a structural void by Arthur Pendelton, notary public, for the sum of ten thousand dollars—”
She paused, looking at the spectral figure, whose form writhed as if in pain. “Every bribe, every false tax exemption, every financial drain over the last 110 years was built on this lie. On your father’s lies, Julian.”
She then held up the 1912 silver pocket watch. “And this. The original blood-seal release mechanism.” She pointed to the watch’s internal inscription, barely visible, detailing how Arthur Lindqvist’s debt was satisfied upon his death. “Your father lied, Julian. He maintained the fear, inflated the cost, for his own gain.”
Layer by layer, the spectral illusion shattered. The towering figure of Arthur Lindqvist wavered, its form losing cohesion as the truth was brought into the light. It was not an inescapable demon, but a localized manifestation, fed by secrecy and Arthur Pendelton’s historic fraud, perpetuated by Julian’s own father.
With a deafening sigh of warm air, the shadow entity dissolved into grey dust. It settled onto the floor, leaving behind only ordinary, empty rooms filled with rotting paper and furniture. The cold lifted.
Julian dropped his head into his hands, weeping openly. “He lied,” he whispered, his voice raw with a century of inherited betrayal. “My father… he lied about everything.”
The weight of his entire life’s panic, based on a corrupt notary’s scam, instantly shattered the entity’s supernatural hold. The spell was broken.
➡️ Read CHAPTER 18 to continue the story.
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