Twins With Benefits

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GigiMy mom’s shrieking voice jolts me out of my frozen state. I can still feel a chill running down my spine, my eyes forgot to blink. The lifeless body of my stepfather staring back at me, I fear I may collapse anytime. The cause of his death is a mystery to me, and the sudden appearance of a masked man approaching me like a storm adds to the clouds of confusion. “Rush honey -” My mom urges me, more desperately than before, as we run down the dark corridor that opens at the back gate of the villa we live in.A hidden passage only the residents are aware of.My heart pounds in my chest as a man wearing a black balaclava blocks our path, his presence intimidating. My breath catches, and my mom instinctively shields me, begging the man to spare us. "Please don't harm us. You can take whatever you want," she pleads.He gestures by bringing his hand near his face, touching his salmon pink lips with his index finger, indicating silence. No words escape his lips, but his actions tend to wa...