Chapter 3 - The Red Gown Mistress
Gabriel knew he couldn't execute his plan alone. He needed an accomplice inside the house to monitor Penelope’s every move and ensure she remained docile, confused, and heavily medicated.
Enter Bianca Shepherd.
Bianca was presented to Penelope as a highly recommended "private prenatal nurse" hired by Gabriel to ensure the health and safety of the unborn baby. In reality, Bianca was Gabriel's long-time mistress, a ruthless and ambitious woman who was promised a luxurious life and a massive cut of Penelope's fortune once the conservatorship was secured.
For six months, Bianca lived under Penelope’s roof. While wearing crisp, professional scrubs during the day, she secretly drugged Penelope's morning tea and evening water with heavy sedatives. She would purposefully wake Penelope up in the middle of the night, shining bright lights into the bedroom, only to convince Penelope the next morning that she had been sleepwalking and hallucinating.
When Penelope was deeply sedated, Bianca would slip into Gabriel's bedroom, shedding her fake nurse persona. They would drink Penelope’s expensive wine, mock her deteriorating mental state, and ruthlessly plan the timeline for having her committed to an institution immediately after she gave birth.
Bianca believed she was untouchable. She flaunted her arrogance, eventually discarding her nurse uniform entirely and wandering the massive estate in expensive designer dresses bought with Gabriel’s stolen credit cards, fully confident that Penelope was too broken to notice the betrayal happening right in front of her.
They thought their wicked plan was entirely flawless. They assumed Penelope was completely helpless, and they believed their secret was safely contained within the walls of the sprawling mansion.
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But they had forgotten to account for the quietest, most observant person in the entire house.
👉 Read Part 4 to discover how the 6-year-old daughter uncovered the monster's plot.
