{"id":92,"date":"2026-09-10T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-stepmother-locked-the-children-in-the-playhouse-then-their-father-came-home-early\/chapter-1-the-locked-playhouse\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:53:09","slug":"chapter-1-the-locked-playhouse","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-1-the-locked-playhouse","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 1. THE LOCKED PLAYHOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/d6d71f71abed14e4e47e1dce52190abb\/2026\/0910\/c59c336d-769a-4df6-a529-0a9da82ff58f-Screenshot_13.png\" style=\"max-width: 100{4ffdf0d3d7c1df7718bc4ac5461c4394f3feadae72d4f226268bca6495f999d2};height: auto\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The backyard of the Carter mansion looked peaceful that afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Two children, Sophie and Noah, were playing near the small wooden playhouse at the edge of the lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Then Victoria appeared.<\/p>\n<p>She was angry.<\/p>\n<p>Both children immediately stopped playing.<\/p>\n<p>Get inside.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie looked confused.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Victoria pointed toward the playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Now.<\/p>\n<p>Noah moved closer to his sister.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie tried to explain that they had done nothing wrong, but Victoria refused to listen.<\/p>\n<p>She guided both children inside.<\/p>\n<p>Then she pulled the wooden door shut.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie immediately pushed against it from the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Open the door.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria ignored her.<\/p>\n<p>She reached for the metal latch.<\/p>\n<p>Then she took out a padlock.<\/p>\n<p>Click.<\/p>\n<p>The door was locked.<\/p>\n<p>Noah started crying.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie looked through the small window.<\/p>\n<p>Please let us out.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria stood outside staring at them.<\/p>\n<p>You will stay there until you learn to listen.<\/p>\n<p>Then she turned away.<\/p>\n<p>What Victoria did not know was that Daniel Carter had just arrived home early.<\/p>\n<p>He stepped through the glass doors of the mansion and looked across the lawn.<\/p>\n<p>Something immediately felt wrong.<\/p>\n<p>His children were nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Then he heard a faint voice coming from the wooden playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Dad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The backyard of the Carter mansion looked peaceful that afternoon. Two children, Sophie and Noah, were playing near the small wooden playhouse at the edge of the lawn. Then Victoria appeared. She was angry. Both children immediately stopped playing. Get inside. Sophie looked confused. Why? Victoria pointed toward the playhouse. Now. Noah moved closer to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-92","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}