Sarah: I don't know anything about a wall! Why are you interrogation me like I'm a criminal?[span_79](start_span)[span_79](end_span)
Daniel: Because you were the listing agent's paralegal on this house two years ago before we bought it! You knew the family[span_80](start_span)[span_80](end_span)!
Sarah: I worked on hundreds of files! I didn't inspect the physical walls[span_81](start_span)[span_81](end_span)!
Daniel: This plaster is less than a year old! Someone was in this house before we finished moving our furniture in[span_82](start_span)[span_82](end_span)!
Daniel pulled the cassette tape out of the box[span_83](start_span)[span_83](end_span). He remembered his old boombox in the garage[span_84](start_span)[span_84](end_span). Without saying another word, he pushed past Sarah and walked down the stairs, his footsteps heavy and fast[span_85](start_span)[span_85](end_span).
Sarah: Daniel, stop! Don't play that! You don't understand what you're doing[span_86](start_span)[span_86](end_span)!
Daniel: I'm going to listen to it. If there's a crime committed in the home where my daughter sleeps, I have a right to know[span_87](start_span)[span_87](end_span)!
Sarah: It will destroy our family! Please, just burn the box! We have a good life now[span_88](start_span)[span_88](end_span)!
Daniel stopped at the bottom of the stairs, turning around to look at his wife[span_89](start_span)[span_89](end_span). Her face was stained with tears, her voice broken[span_90](start_span)[span_90](end_span).
Daniel: Destroy our family? How could a dead woman's belongings destroy our family unless you were involved?[span_91](start_span)[span_91](end_span)
Sarah: I wasn't involved in her death! I swear to God I wasn't[span_92](start_span)[span_92](end_span)!
Daniel: Her death?! Everyone thought Clara moved away! No one said she was dead[span_93](start_span)[span_93](end_span)!
Sarah covered her mouth as a quiet gasp escaped her lips[span_94](start_span)[span_94](end_span). She had trapped herself[span_95](start_span)[span_95](end_span). The silence in the hallway was suffocating as the realization set in[span_96](start_span)[span_96](end_span).
Daniel: My God... you knew she never left this house[span_97](start_span)[span_97](end_span).
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