Unspoken Suspicions

Sitting on the edge of her plush childhood bed, Vivienne pressed the phone against her ear. She nervously darted her eyes toward the closed mahogany door, half expecting it to swing open at any second. The familiar floral wallpaper and the soft carpet beneath her bare feet offered a strange comfort, yet the impending doom of the family dinner loomed over her like a dark cloud.

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