Teresa did not call Lucas. She sat with Florence’s notebook for hours, reading every page, and what she found was not just evidence against Asher but evidence of Lucas. His handwriting appeared in the margins, small notes in dark ink, dates he had added, names of people to contact and documents to preserve. By morning she had understood something she was not ready to understand before. The file in his study was never a hobby or a precaution. It was a life’s work, built slowly and secretly, by a man who believed he would never be allowed to use it openly.Teresa closed the notebook and drove to his house without warning.Lucas was in his study when she walked in. He looked up from his desk, surprised, and then his gaze dropped to the notebook in her hands and something in his expression shifted. He did not pretend not to recognize it.She set it on his desk.“I’m not leaving until you tell me everything,” she said.He looked at the notebook, then at her. “Teresa.”“Do you remember the
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