Ruth left, and as soon as the door clicked shut behind her, Susan collapsed into sobs. Tears streamed down her face as a crushing realization took hold of her.
Everything that had happened—every moment, every encounter—had been nothing more than a cruel illusion.
The job vacancy poster for the mansion, meeting William, the strange creature in the shadows, the horrifying moment when William killed his aunt, and even the sight of his aunt's lifeless body—it was all in her head.
None of it had been real. Every single event was a figment of her broken mind.
Susan stood gripping a knife tightly in her trembling hand, her mind racing with the intent to kill William. The
tension in the air thickened as, eventually, William approached her, unaware of the danger lurking. In a swift and violent motion, she plunged the blade into him, her body shaking as she bellowed with a mixture of rage and desperation. William crumpled to the floor, lifeless, his blood staining the ground.
Consumed by panic and adrenaline, Susan set fire to the house, watching as the flames devoured everything around her. The fire crackled and roared, a symbol of her final, irreversible act. Without a second thought, she fled into the night, her skin marked with burns from the inferno she had unleashed.
Breathless and disheveled, she found herself at Ruth's doorstep. When Ruth opened the door, her eyes widened in horror at the sight of Susan, covered in ash, with burn marks marring her skin. The unspoken question hung in the air, but no words passed between them.
Years passed in silence, and as time went on, Susan found a way to blend back into society.
After several years, she managed to secure a job as a servant once more, hiding the weight of her past behind a façade of normalcy. She worked tirelessly for nearly eight years, her dark history buried beneath the routine of daily life, though the scars-both seen and unseen-never fully faded.
The curtains gently falls,
whispering
the conclusion of this journey.
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The Mansion
Mystery / ThrillerThe Mansion follows a young woman from a struggling family who, in her search for a better life, takes a job that leads her into a world of secrets, danger, and unexpected choices.
