Around ten in the morning, the mansion was still wrapped in silence, bathed in the soft light of day. In Olivia's bedroom, the curtains filtered the brightness, allowing only thin beams of light to cut through the space. She sat in the middle of the bed, hugging her knees to her chest, her face buried in her arms. Her shoulders shook with every restrained sob. She cried quietly, like someone trying to fall apart without making a sound.

The door suddenly opened.

A young housemaid walked in, h