Behind a hidden wooden panel, officers discovered stairs leading underground.
A basement.
Like a laboratory.
Metal shelves. Tools. Chemical containers.
Dozens of watches neatly arranged.
Each labeled with a date.
Each stopped at a specific time.
Under loose soil, investigators uncovered remains.
Personal belongings.
Old photographs.
Relatives.
Former classmates.
People who had once been part of Kelly's life.
All gone.
All silenced.
Kelly had recreated her biological father's laboratory.
She had inherited his precision.
But not his restraint.
She believed silence was purity.
Control.
Perfection.
And anyone who disrupted it…
Had to be removed.