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Echoes in her silence

Author: Casper Merci
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-28 00:08:28
Aldo’s voice pulled me from the void. “Mrs. Amato… can we go now?”

His tone was gentle, careful—as if one wrong note might shatter me completely. But I couldn’t speak. My throat was a knot of grief, my thoughts too loud to form words. Slowly, I raised my hand in a faint, trembling wave. A silent answer.

Aldo started the engine, the quiet hum filling the space between us. But just as the car began to roll forward, something made me turn.

She was standing there.

Beatrice.

Leaning against the hospital wall like it was a stage built just for her.

Her fingers lifted in a slow, mocking wave. Her smile—no, her smirk—wasn’t one of politeness or farewell. It was a promise. A silent vow that chilled me to the bone.

“Let the torment begin.”

I knew that look. I’d grown up under it. It was the same look she wore every time she shoved me down a flight of stairs and made it look like an accident. The same smirk she had when she burned holes into my dresses or whispered lies that got me punished.

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