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Chapter 41

The drive back from the school took less than thirty minutes.Margaret spent most of it looking out the window.The driver spoke once to ask whether she wanted to stop anywhere before returning home.She shook her head.The rest of the journey passed without conversation.By the time the car turned through the estate gates, one name had followed her all the way home.Beaumont.Margaret stepped inside the house and handed her coat to a member of staff before continuing toward the sitting room.The housekeeper appeared a few moments later carrying a tray; a teapot rested beside a single cup.Margaret sat down.The housekeeper placed everything carefully on the table."Everything alright, Mrs. Sinclair?" She adjusted the edge of the tray cloth before looking up.Margaret reached for the teacup."Of course." She replied almost immediately.The housekeeper nodded and left.Margaret waited until the door closed before lifting the cup.A book rested on a stool beside her. She opened it, seve

Chapter 42

CHARLIETuesday evening found Marcus and me in the same corner of the club we had occupied for years.Marcus had spent most of the last ten minutes complaining about a surgeon who refused to follow instructions.According to Marcus, this happened so frequently that it should qualify as a medical specialty.I listened while he talked and I contributed something occasionally.A drink rested beside my hand.Marcus picked up his glass."You know what the problem is?"I looked at him."You keep asking that question as though you're about to answer it yourself.""I am." Marcus pointed toward me. "The problem is surgeons."I shook my head."The problem is your personality."Marcus laughed and sat back, the conversation moved naturally after that.Then my attention moved to another side of the club.Across the room, a familiar face occupied one of the corner tables.Alexander Ashton. He sat opposite a woman; the distance made details difficult to distinguish.All I could see was dark hair and

Chapter 42

CHARLIEThe city moved past the car window in a blur of headlights and traffic signals.I sat in the back seat with one arm resting against the door while the driver's eyes remained focused on the road.My phone rested in my hand. I turned it over once and set it beside me, then I picked it up again.The club events refused to leave my head. The ready conversation between Nora and Alexander; she looked so comfortable around him.And I was very sure they weren't discussing business.What could they be discussing at the club?I looked out the window. My hand tightened briefly around the phone, then my attention changed to the message I had received earlier from an unknown number.It was a video file with no explanation attached to it, and I haven't downloaded it yet.By the time the estate gates appeared ahead of us, the phone was already in my hand again.The driver pulled into the circular driveway.I looked at the notification one more time before opening the car door.The house was

Chapter 43

NORAI should have opened it years ago.Instead, the pouch sat beside me on the bed while I stared at it for what felt like the hundredth time that night.Theo and Lena were asleep upstairs. Marta had gone to bed. The rest of the house had settled for the night.I was the only one still awake.I sat on the edge of my bed with my feet resting against the hardwood floor and the pouch lying beside me on the blanket. Daniel's question came back.Did you open it?I had answered him yes without thinking twice. The lie had arrived so easily that I was still mildly disturbed by it.I reached toward the pouch and stopped before my fingers made contact. Helena had protected this thing for years. She had never told me why she did. Before Helena, it had belonged to my mother.That fact alone had always been enough to make me put it away again. I told myself there would be time later… another day, another week, another year somewhere down the line when I felt steadier and better prepared for w

Chapter 45

NORAI sat behind my desk at Beaumont Group with the envelope open beside me and stared at my mother's handwriting for several seconds before unfolding the first page.My fingers rested against the edge of the paper, and then I began reading.My darling Nora,If you are reading this, then Helena kept her promise.A breath caught in my throat.I lowered my eyes to the next line.I knew she would.The corner of the page pressed against my thumb.For years I worried about leaving things unfinished. It is a strange thing to know that your time may be shorter than you expected. People begin thinking about what they will leave behind… and mine is You.I swallowed and kept reading.Helena was one of the very few people I trusted completely. If this letter reached you, then she protected it all these years.Tell her thank you for me.The words blurred briefly. My eyes remained on Helena's name.I lifted a hand and pressed my fingers against my temple before continuing.By the time you read th

Chapter 46

CHARLIEWednesday had looked the same for years.The same restaurant stood at the corner of the avenue. The same maitre d' greeted me by name before leading me toward the same table overlooking the courtyard. Even the waiter who placed a glass of water beside my seat had been serving us for so long that he no longer asked whether I wanted coffee before lunch.He simply brought it.I loosened my cuff slightly and glanced toward the entrance.Minutes later, Celeste walked in.She spotted me immediately and lifted one hand before crossing the dining room."You beat me here again." She slipped into the chair opposite mine and placed her handbag beside her. "One of these days I'll arrive first.""I won't make it easy."She smiled.The waiter appeared beside the table."Good afternoon, Mr. Sinclair. Ms. Vance.""Good afternoon."He handed us our menus although neither of us needed them."I'll have the usual," Celeste said as she closed hers."The same for me."The waiter nodded and disappe

Chapter 47

Homework ended later than Lena believed it should.According to her, multiplication had already been invented, which meant there was no reason to keep proving it existed.Theo disagreed."It still has to be correct.""It was correct the first time.""You changed three answers.""They became more correct."Theo looked at her workbook."That's not how mathematics works."Lena reached for the pencil again."It should."Lena had barely finished her homework when her tablet chimed. She reached for it immediately.A new message appeared from Bernard.“Thought you'd like these.”Several photographs had been attached beneath the message.Lena smiled."The birthday pictures."Theo looked up from the maths worksheet he had been pretending not to dislike and moved closer as Lena opened the gallery.The first photograph covered the screen.Grandfather Beaumont stood in the middle of six children with both hands raised while everyone appeared determined to run in different directions.Lena laughed

Chapter 48

Margaret waited until the car had left the school gates before turning slightly in her seat."Would you mind keeping an old woman company for an hour?""We'd love to," Lena answered before Theo had time to speak.Margaret laughed under her breath and looked toward the driver."Home, please."The twins exchanged a quick glance.Lena pressed her face closer to the window as the streets slowly gave way to larger homes hidden behind old trees and stone walls.When the gates opened, the car followed a winding driveway bordered by flowering shrubs that had clearly been there for many years. The house came into view a moment later.The house was large.The front veranda held several potted plants. Wind chimes stirred gently beneath the roof, and roses climbed one side of the stone wall beside the entrance.Margaret noticed Lena looking everywhere at once."It isn't as exciting as you're hoping."Lena smiled."I don't know yet."Margaret stepped out first. By the time the twins joined her, th

Chapter 49

Late afternoon sunlight fell across the conference table by the time the meeting finally came to an end.I closed the folder in front of me while the directors gathered their papers and exchanged quiet remarks on their way toward the door.Naomi remained behind.She waited until everyone else had left before stepping closer to my chair."Victor is here with Lena and Theo."I glanced at the clock on the wall."I lost track of time again."Naomi smiled. "I suspected as much."I collected my notebook and phone before leaving the boardroom..Victor stood near the entrance and the twin waited beside him.The first thing I noticed wasn't either of their faces; it was Lena's hair.The loose curls she had left the house with that morning had disappeared beneath a neat braid that rested over one shoulder.I stopped in front of her."Well," I said, reaching out to smooth one loose strand near her temple, "don't you look beautiful."Lena's smile spread immediately."Who did your hair?""Our teac

Chapter 50

CHARLIE She ended the call first. I lowered the phone slowly and looked at the dark screen until it slipped into sleep mode. My hand remained wrapped around it. One sentence continued returning no matter how many times I tried to think about something else. “Have you ever believed me?” I leaned forward and rested my forearms on my knees. Then another question arrived. Had there ever been a moment when Nora tried to explain herself and I had already decided she was wrong? I closed my eyes. How many times had I listened only long enough to answer instead of understand? I pressed the heel of my hand against my forehead. How Celeste had easily lied about the event of the birthday still hadn't left me the same. Each memory raised another question before the last one settled. I stood up and walked out of my room, then started walking toward the Green Room. Very little has changed over the years. I loosened the top button of my shirt before lowering myself onto the bed. I st

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