Chapter 4 - The Icy Question
Rebecca stood rooted to the damp grass, her chest heaving underneath her white maid apron. She looked at Ethan, then at her young son, her eyes wide with unadulterated fear.
"Mr. Ethan... please... he's just a child, he doesn't know what he's saying!" Rebecca gasped, her voice trembling so hard her knees buckled.
Ethan didn't break his gaze. He slowly turned his head back toward Sammy.
The hollow, defeated look in Ethan’s dark eyes disappeared, replaced instantly by an intense, freezing emotional tension. He realized in a heartbeat that this six-year-old boy had not wandered into the rear gardens by accident.
He leaned in close, his stubbled jaw tightening as he locked eyes with the young child.
"Who sent you here?" Ethan whispered, his voice an icy, dangerous rumble.
Sammy didn't flinch. Instead, the little boy reached into the inner pocket of his bright blue knit sweater and pulled out a small, metallic silver keycard wrapped in a piece of folded notebook paper.
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"The man in the black coat gave this to my mommy last night," Sammy said clearly, his voice ringing with pure childhood honesty. "He said if I gave it to you, you would stop crying."
👉 What was written inside that folded piece of notebook paper?
