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CHAPTER SIX
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2026-10-31 23:40:07
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Chapter EightThe Man in the DoorwayThomas Whitaker stood in the doorway one hand resting on the brass handle. His dark grey coat was. The familiar tear near the right cuff caught Nora’s attention.For a moment nobody spoke.His gaze moved from Nora to Margaret then settled on the compartment beneath the desk.“What’s going on in here?”Margaret stepped forward.“We were looking through your mother’s things.”Thomas raised an eyebrow.“At this hour?”Nora slipped the photograph behind the notebook.“I couldn’t sleep.”He looked at her for a moment before stepping“Neither could I.”Something about the way he said it made Nora’s stomach tighten.Thomas removed his coat. Draped it over the back of the chair. His eyes travelled across the desk pausing briefly on the notebook in Nora’s hands.“Your aunt tells me you’ve been asking questions.”Nora kept her expression still.“About Elise?”“ a great many things.”“Is that a problem?”Thomas gave a small humourless smile.“It depends on wh
WHAT MY FAMILY BURIED CHAPTER SEVEN
The Day She ForgotNora couldn’t stop looking at the photograph.August 13.The date sat at the bottom of the picture like a warning.Her younger self stood between her father and grandmother smiling at the camera. Thomas’s hand rested on her shoulder. His eyes weren’t on the photographer.They were on Nora.“Why is he looking at me like that?" Nora asked.Margaret didn’t answer.Nora turned towards her aunt. "You said Grandma promised I would never find this. Why?”Margaret stepped into the study. Shut the door behind her.“I think you should sit down.”“I’ve been sitting down for twelve years Margaret. I’ve been waiting for someone to tell me what happened to my sister.”“This is different.”“Then tell me how.”Margaret looked at the photograph again. Her lips part,. The words seemed to catch somewhere inside her.“I wasn’t there that day " Margaret said at last. "Not for all of it.”“What does that mean?”“I came to the house that afternoon. Your grandmother was upset. Thomas was a
WHAT MY FAMILY BURIED CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SIXTHE MISSING PAGE.“Then tell me.”Nora’s voice came out quieter than she intended.Margaret stood beside the desk, her fingers twisting together. The tears on her cheek had begun to dry but she looked no less afraid.For a moment, neither women spoke.The old house creaked around them. Somewhere upstairs, a window rattled against it's frame.Nora glanced towards the hallway.“Is someone here”“No” Margaret shooked her head quickly.”At least, I don't think so.That's not exactly reassuring.I know “Then stop looking over your shoulder and tell me what you know about my father”Margaret drew a shaky breathYour grandmother was afraid of him.Nora frowned. “Grandma?”She never said it that way. Not directly. But I saw it. The way she went quiet whenever Thomas entered a room. The way she would change the subject if he asked about Elise.Nora felt her stomach tighten.Why would she be afraid of her own son?Margaret looked down.That's why I spent years asking myself.And?An
WHAT MY FAMILY BURIED CHAPTER FIVE
TITLE: WHAT MARGARET KNEW.Morning arrived beneath a blanket of fog.Nora had barely slept. Every time Nora closed her eyes Nora saw the note on the kitchen table.You were warned to stop looking.The words had been printed neatly without a signature. Whoever had left it had known Nora was searching the house. Whoever had left it had known about the photograph, the records and perhaps even Elise’s letter.Nora sat at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee growing beside Nora.Nora had spent the hours reviewing the trust records. The payments were real. Their dates were difficult to ignore.. Nora still could not establish who had received the money or why.Nora needed answers from someone who had known the family before Elise disappeared.Margaret.Nora found Margaret in the sunroom seated beside the window with a book on Margarets lap. The pages were untouched. Margaret’s gaze remained fixed on the garden.Margaret looked up when Nora entered.“You are up early.”“I did not sleep.”Ma
WHAT MY FAMILY BURIED CHAPTER THREE.
TITLE: THE MAN AT THE HARBOUR.CHAPTER THREETHE MAN AT THE HARBOUR.The harbour smelled of salt, wet wood and a coming storm.Nora stepped out of her car. Pulled her coat tighter around herself. Fishing boats rocked against their ropes their hulls softly knocking against the docks. Beyond them the grey Atlantic stretched toward a horizon swallowed by clouds.Twelve years ago this place had been the place anyone claimed to see Elise, the last sighting of Elise.Now Nora was beginning to suspect that the word last had never meant what she thought it did.She checked the address on her phone. Caleb Reed’s maritime engineering company occupied a building near the far end of the harbour its windows facing the water. A faded sign hung above the entrance.REED MARITIME ENGINEERING.Nora paused outside.She had rehearsed what she would say during the drive from the family house. Every version sounded reasonable in her head. Every version disappeared when she imagined Caleb standing in front
WHAT MY FAMILY BURIED CHAPTER TWO.
TITLE: THE MAN WHO KNEW MUCH.Nora held her breathThe foot step stopped outside the studyFor seconds she remained crouched beside the desk staring at the narrow strip of light beneath the door. Whoever stood outside had not. Called her name. They had simply stopped, as though listening for somethingNora slowly rose to her feetWho's thereSilenceThen the handle movedNora stepped back as the door opened revealing Margaret in the hallway. Her aunt’s expression changed the moment she saw the open drawers and scattered papersWhat are you doing hereNora glanced towards the desk. I couldn't sleepMargarets eyes moved to the space beneath itHave you found somethingThe question came quicklyNora noticed the fear in her aunt’s face the way her fingers tightened around the doorframeWhy would you ask me thatMargaret straightened. Because the room is full of things and you've had a difficult day. You should be upstairsNora studied her. Did Grandma hide something in hereYour grandmoth
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