CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE - The Final Puzzle

"What happened to them?" Rebecca pressed gently. Tears welled up in Emilia's eyes. "G planned to run away with my mother, to take her and me far from here. But the family found out. They... they killed him. Right here, in this very house." A horrified gasp escaped Rebecca's lips. Luca's arm tightened around her waist, offering silent support. "My mother was devastated," Emilia continued, her voice hollow with old pain. "She couldn't bear to leave the place where G had died. She became obsessed with trying to contact his spirit, convinced that he was still here, trapped in the mansion." "But it was Elena's spirit that became trapped, wasn't it?" Rebecca asked softly. Emilia nodded. "Yes. The grief, the guilt... it consumed her. She took her own life in the hidden room where she and G used to meet. And ever since then, her spirit has been here, unable to move on, still searching for her lost love." The pieces finally fell into place in Rebecca's mind. "That's why you've been trying