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Chapter 19: A Mother’s Return

作者: Frank J.P
last update 最終更新日: 2025-06-07 06:28:36

The quiet unease about Gavin Pierce’s disappearance troubledt Eva. Vivian Thorne and Evelyn Cross were behind bars. Lucian was healing, both physically and emotionally. Thorne Capital was slowly rebuilding under new leadership. But despite the progress, Eva couldn’t shake the feeling that something was unfinished like a final chapter waiting to be written in invisible ink.

Gavin Pierce had vanished. Veritas Capital dissolved overnight, no explanation, no digital footprint. Eva’s instincts; those sharp, stubborn instincts that had made her E.L. Verity told her Gavin had never truly been who he claimed to be.

Then the message came.

Your mother is ready to talk. Meet at the old lighthouse. Midnight.

It arrived on Eva’s burner phone; the one only Detective Reyes and a handful of others knew about. But this wasn’t from Reyes. The number was unfamiliar. The tone was unmistakable.

Eva stared at the screen for several minutes, her thoughts filled with confusion, fear, and hope. Margaret Langs
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