Year Five The Perfect Goodbye Plan novel Chapter 180

“Yeah.” Silvia just wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible.

Being around Nannie made her uneasy, and she couldn’t shake the discomfort that seemed to settle in her chest.

The two of them slipped in through the emergency exit. The stairwell was dimly lit, the bulbs casting tired shadows along the steps. Silvia hesitated, her brow furrowing as she stared into the gloom.

Beside her, Nannie chattered nervously. “Miss Ashford, it’s so dark in here. If you walk me down and come back alone, won’t you be scared?”

“I’ll be fine,” Silvia replied coolly, not in the mood to waste another second. She left Nannie with that and started down the stairs ahead of her.

Nannie hurried after her, but then, without warning, reached out and grabbed Silvia’s hand.

“What are you—”

Before Silvia could even finish the question, Nannie let go and stumbled backward.

As she fell, Nannie caught Silvia’s gaze. There was the faintest, unsettling smile on her lips and something enigmatic in her eyes.

Then came a sharp, piercing scream that echoed off the concrete.

“Miss Ashford, why did you push me?!”

Thud.

Nannie crashed onto the landing below, collapsing in a heap at the turn of the stairwell.

Her head struck the floor hard, and she went limp, completely unconscious.

The already eerie corridor seemed to grow colder. Silvia barely had time to process what happened before a group of maintenance workers came running, drawn by the commotion.

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