Brooke Beretta <2025>

My name is Evelyn Ashworth. If you are reading this, I am either dead or gone. I have written this account in the hope that someone will understand what happened here, and perhaps find a way to undo it.

Brooke Beretta was born in Australia. She began her modeling career at a young age and quickly gained recognition for her unique look and charming on-screen presence. brooke beretta

And she had walked right into its mouth. My name is Evelyn Ashworth

Julian Cross was waiting at the edge of the property, standing on a patch of grass that had once been the front lawn. He looked older than she remembered, and there was something wrong with his eyes—too bright, too hungry. Brooke Beretta was born in Australia

Seven hundred thousand dollars was more than she'd made in the last three years combined. It was the kind of money that meant she could stop taking commissions for a while, maybe even buy that derelict firehouse in Portland she'd been eyeing. But it was also the kind of money that came with strings attached—strings that could strangle you if you weren't careful.

You agreed when you took the money , the house seemed to say. You agreed when you opened the book. You agreed when you stepped through the front door. Everyone agrees, eventually. That's the trick. I don't take people who say no. I only take the ones who say yes.