Chapter 5 - The Stuffed Rabbit
Isabella nodded bravely.
She stepped out from behind Pino, walking slowly toward the center of the foyer in her pale pink ruffled dress. She stopped just a few feet away from the weeping, hyperventilating head maid.
Renata stared down at the little girl, her tear-filled eyes widening in absolute, paralyzing confusion.
Isabella didn't say a word. She simply held up her faded, white stuffed rabbit. It was a cheap, worn toy that Clara had given to Isabella on her first birthday. Renata had tried to throw it in the trash a dozen times over the last year, but Isabella had always thrown a massive tantrum until she got it back.
With her tiny, delicate fingers, Isabella reached to the back of the stuffed rabbit.
She caught the edge of a small, cleverly hidden white zipper sewn directly into the fur.
Renata stopped breathing.
Isabella pulled the zipper down. She reached her small hand into the stuffing of the rabbit and pulled out a small, sleek, black digital audio recorder.
"Mommy said to keep it very safe," Isabella whispered innocently, holding the heavy metal device up toward her father. "Mommy said it was a secret."
Lorenzo stepped forward and gently took the digital recorder from his daughter's tiny hands.
"Clara knew you were intercepting her mail, Renata," Lorenzo explained smoothly, his dark eyes locking onto the maid’s horrified face. "She knew you were isolating her. So, the night before you threw her out, she hid this in the one thing she knew you could never take away from our daughter."
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All the blood violently drained from Renata’s face. She looked like she was going to pass out on the marble floor.
👉 What horrific confession is captured on the hidden digital recorder?
