When She Rose From the Ashes (Natalie and Jensen) novel Chapter 80

Chapter 80 The Hidden Room

Chapter 80 The Hidden Room

“She’s outside.”

The moment Sean answered, Susie tore off like a little whirlwind.

Sean wrinkled his nose, jealous at once. “Slow down! You’ll trip! Baron isn’t going anywhere!”

“Don’t talk about Daddy like that!” Susie puffed her cheeks, then spotted Baron’s tall frame ahead.

“Daddy!”

She flung herself into his arms like a butterfly.

Baron bent quickly, catching her and sweeping her up in one effortless motion.

Her soft little face pressed against his cheek.

“Daddy, I missed you so much! Did you miss me?”

“Yes.”

Baron pinched her nose, smiling in a way few ever saw.

In that instant, he was neither Mr. Gunn nor the feared Witch Doctor-only a father.

Just a father.

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Sean, for once, didn’t fight for attention. On this island, they only had each other. When Baron was gone, Sean carried the burden of being “big brother,” even if he was only a few minutes older than Susie.

Now he watched the two together and quietly wandered over to where Baron’s gift sat.

Nothing new. Same trinkets as before.

Sean leaned close to the butler. “Grandpa Butler… did Daddy come alone this time?”

“Yes,”

Sean’s eyes dimmed.

So Mommy wasn’t here. What did she look like? What had she gone through? Why did Daddy say she needed his

skin to save her?

The questions pressed on his chest, heavy, But he couldn’t ask them in front of Susie.

It was suffocating.

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Chapter 80 The Hidden Room

“Daddy, did you eat breakfast?” Sean finally asked.

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Baron blinked. He had nibbled on something aboard the yacht, but it had been tasteless. Now, looking at the twins, he smiled. “Not yet. Butler, prepare breakfast. I’ll eat with them.”

“Yes, sir.”

Baron carried Susie into the lounge. She clung to him like a sparrow, chattering endlessly, as though half a month apart had been an eternity.

Sean didn’t join them. He slipped away to his room, showered quickly, and came back out, ears pricked. Hearing Susie’s voice still filling the downstairs, he turned down a different hall.

Toward the locked room.

The one they’d been forbidden from entering.

Even the butler had no key.

Sean’s instincts screamed-Mommy’s secret was inside.

For weeks he’d studied the lock. Today, he was ready.

Daddy said they’d see Mommy soon. But if she needed his skin, then she must have suffered terribly. Sean couldn’t wait a second longer.

He crept up to the door, checked downstairs-Baron was still laughing with Susie-and sprinkled a fine white powder over the keypad.

Fingerprints glowed faintly on certain numbers.

Sean entered them in order.

Beep. The lock clicked open,

He slipped inside and shut the door behind him.

Light flooded the room.

Sean’s eyes widened.

It was a studio. Paintings covered every wall-every one of them the same subject.

A woman.

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