“I knew you’d find this room someday. But there’s something even Emily doesn’t know.”
I stepped backward.
“What?”
Robert slowly approached me and whispered:
“Our daughter never found out who actually locked her in that basement. And for 44 years, I’ve done everything I could to make sure you never remembered either.”
At that moment, another image suddenly flashed through my mind.
Little Emily was crying.
The basement door was closing.
And the key…
The key was in my hand.