Chapter 4 - The Key To The Blue Room
"My mother wasn't just a maid, Mr. Mercer," Harper spoke up, her voice steady and calm as she helped Vivian sit safely on a velvet chair at the landing. "She was your father's chief accountant."
Graham’s posture stiffened instantly. His relaxed smile vanished, replaced by a cold, calculating glare aimed straight at Harper.
"You're out of line, girl," Graham snapped. "Know your place in this house, or you'll be fired by nightfall."
"She stays," Callum commanded firmly, stepping directly between Graham and Harper. "Harper, what did your mother tell you about the blue room?"
Harper reached into her apron pocket and pulled out a small, tarnished brass key attached to a faded blue ribbon.
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"Before my mother died in the hospital three months ago, she gave me this key," Harper explained, her brown eyes locking onto Callum's. "She told me that if Mrs. Mercer ever remembered the night of the fire, I had to open the floorboard beneath the window in the blue room."
👉 What horrifying event had taken place in the blue room thirty years ago?
