Chapter 7 - The Hidden Safe
"Get out of my house, Susan," Arthur commanded coldly, smoothing down his clothes. "Go to a hotel. When you calm down and realize how good your life is, we can talk like adults."
Susan didn't argue further. She turned around and walked out the front door, getting back into her car. But she didn't drive to a hotel.
She drove two blocks away, parked under the shade of an oak tree, and waited in the darkness.
An hour later, she watched Julian Sterling’s luxury sedan speed away from the mansion, followed shortly by Arthur’s sports car. Arthur was heading to his usual late-night poker club to drink away his stress.
Susan immediately drove back to the empty mansion.
She used her spare key to enter through the side door, heading straight for Arthur’s locked private study on the second floor. She knew Arthur was arrogant, but she also knew he was meticulous—he kept records of every transaction he had ever made.
Behind a large oil painting on the wall was Arthur’s heavy steel floor safe.
Susan remembered the combination. It was the date of their wedding—a date Arthur had used for every password for twenty years.
She turned the dial carefully: 0-6-1-2-9-5.
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With a soft metallic click, the safe door swung open.
👉 What horrifying contract did Susan find inside the safe that proved Arthur's ultimate betrayal?
