(Mrs. Chen POV - First Time)

I stood in the empty kitchen, wiping down the marble counters where Sarah's blood had pooled just hours before. The house was finally quiet. Tony had rushed to the hospital, Alex had disappeared into the night, and Elena was nowhere to be found. For the first time in months, I was alone with my thoughts and my secrets.

My daughter Jenny had called from the hospital twenty minutes ago. Sarah's baby had been born safely, and the trap had been set. Everything was moving according to plan, my plan, not Elena's, though she believed herself to be the mastermind.

I allowed myself a small...