~ by the lack of evidence I had against our Guardian. I still had my mother's picture in my hands, so I knew I didn't dream it. ~

~ #Toulouse and #Berlioz climb up the stairs, their steps dragging with the lack of energy from being awoken so early before ~

~ disappearing from view. "Find anything of interest?" #Edgar's voice calls out casually behind me, but when I turn around to ~

~ challenge him, his close proximity causes me to jump in fright. "What did I say about snooping around in my private affairs, ~

~ orphan?" #Edgar snatches the photo from my hands, his towering height giving him the upper hand when I try to retrieve it ~

~ from his grasp.} You won't get away with this. I know it was you. You murdered my parents. {A sickening sneer stretches across ~

~ #Edgar's face, his features mere inches from my own when he responds in a taunting voice. "Prove it." I felt nauseous. ~

~ My siblings thought I was crazy, but they were blissfully unaware of the psychopath we now lived with. "Be a good girl and make ~

~ breakfast. I will deal with your insubordination later." With his final statement, #Edgar exits into the dining room to ~

~ await his morning meal. I could feel my heart pounding from the anxiety pumping around my body. I knew we had to leave this wretched ~

~ place, but with no family to speak of and no evidence against #Edgar, I feared we would be stuck here.}

{Several days passed since the incident with #Edgar's secret room. It was safe to assume that #Toulouse and #Berlioz didn't ~ }

~ believe me, they thought I was crazy. Was this part of #Edgar's plan? Turn siblings against each other, break our bond ~

~ to make us weaker? I would often chastise myself when I found my thoughts dwelling on those ideas, I was becoming ~

~ obsessed with the notion of #Edgar being the conductor behind this heinous scheme. The murder, his greed for money, ~

~ his carefully orchestrated plan to turn my brothers against me. Before I discovered the picture of my mother hidden away ~

~ in #Edgar's desk, I assumed he was a stranger, but I was slowly discovering that there was more to #Edgar. We had all been fooled ~

~ by appearances and the promise that we would be taken care of. #Edgar probably would take care of us, but not in the way ~

~ that any of us realised, I had a sinking feeling that he had plans for all of us, and that didn't include a family vacation to ~

~ the beach. We had to get out of here before it was too late.}