CHAPTER 103 HIDDEN SECRETS

As Madison was led away from the basement, her mind a swirl of confusion and grief, the reality of the situation began to sink in. "Your mother was murdered," a woman with kind eyes and a gentle voice said, her words like a punch to the gut as they echoed through the room. Madison nodded numbly, her mind unable to wrap itself around the fact that her mother, the woman who had raised her, who had loved her unconditionally, was gone. "I don't understand," Madison whispered, her voice a mere whisper as she tried to make sense of it all. As Madison came back to the present, the memory of her mother's murder still fresh in her mind, she took a deep breath, trying to steady herself as she adjusted to the reality around her. "She's gone," Madison whispered, the words like a weight on her chest as she clutched the necklace that hung around her neck, the one her mother had given her all those years ago. "I can't let this happen again," she murmured, her resolve hardening as she thought o