Chapter 1 - The Rising Water and the Locked Glass DoorThe water inside the modern luxury lounge was rising fast, chillingly cold as it lapped against the little girl's chest. Little Chloe stood inside the glass-walled enclosure, wearing a pink dress, her small hands pressed flat against the glass as tears streamed down her face.
"Daddy, please open the door! I'm scared! Daddy, I'll be good, please!" Chloe sobbed hysterically, her voice breaking. "Grandma, please help me!"
Outside the glass partition, her father, Richard, stood unblinking in a tailored dark suit and tie, looking down with an expression of cold, emotionless detachment. Beside him stood his new partner, Elena, wearing an olive-green dress, smiling with sickening satisfaction as she watched the child's terror.
"Let her cry," Elena murmured coolly, leaning against Richard's shoulder.
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Down the hallway, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed frantically. Richard’s mother, Eleanor, dressed in a sharp blue pantsuit, sprinted toward the door, her face contorted in sheer panic. Seeing a heavy sledgehammer mounted on the wall in an emergency glass case, Eleanor didn't hesitate. She smashed the emergency glass, grabbed the heavy hammer, and hurled it straight at the locked door glass.
Crash! The security glass shattered into a thousand pieces as water spilled outward, and Eleanor rushed in to scoop her terrified granddaughter safely into her arms.
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