“The Page That Was Never Meant to Be Read”

The panel opened.
And everything changed.

The boy reached inside.
Pulled out something red.
Something old.
Something important.

The man moved quickly.
“Give it to me.”

The boy didn’t.

He opened it instead.
Turned one page.
Then another.
Then stopped.

And said quietly—

“So this is where you kept it.”

Silence spread.