Chapter 114: The Name That Shouldn’t Exist The silence in the car lingered longer than usual. It was not uncomfortable or tense,Just… heavy.Jesse drove without speaking, his eyes fixed on the road, but his mind clearly somewhere else.Marcus sat in the back, unusually quiet, his usual commentary replaced by something closer to calculation. And Everlyn ,She was thinking.Not about what had been said.But about what hadn’t.“He knew too much,” she said finally.Jesse didn’t look at her.“Yeah.”Marcus leaned forward slightly.“That wasn’t observation.”He paused briefly,“That was insight.”Everlyn nodded.“He wasn’t guessing.”The words settled into the space between them.Because that meant something very specific.“He’s connected,” Jesse saidMarcus didn’t hesitate.“Yes.”The question was...how. Back at the apartment, Everlyn didn’t sit down.She went straight to the board.Not the old one, A new one.Clean and Empty.Jesse watched her.“You’re starting over.”Everlyn picked up a marker“No.”“I’m startin
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