At lunch, Mariana opened the camera app with trembling hands.

The first recording showed Evelyn rising from bed, stretching both arms, and walking into the hallway.

The kitchen camera caught her making coffee and frying eggs.

When a car entered the driveway, she hurried back to her wheelchair.

Then Mariana opened the footage from the fourth camera.

Mark entered their bedroom while Evelyn followed behind him—walking perfectly.

“Check the bottom drawer,” Mark said.

Evelyn pulled out Mariana’s personal files.

“How much longer do I have to pretend?”

“Until she signs the final document,” he replied.

“Keep waking her at night.

She’s easier to control when she’s exhausted.”

Mariana covered her mouth to stop herself from crying out.

Evelyn removed a white envelope and placed it on the bed.

Inside was a document bearing Mariana’s name—and a signature that looked almost exactly like hers.

“She’ll notice this isn’t real,” Evelyn warned.

Mark smiled.

“Not until everything belongs to us.”

At that moment, Mariana’s phone rang.

Mark’s name appeared on the screen.

She answered as calmly as she could.

“Where are you?” he asked.

“At work.”

There was a pause.

Then Mark whispered, “That’s strange…

because Mom just found one of your cameras.”

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