Chapter 2: The Name Behind the Door
Part 2 ⬇️
I didn't open the door.
Not yet.
I looked at Naomi.
"You said my mother wasn't the only one involved.
Who else?"
Her eyes moved to Mia.
"Not in front of her."
"Then give me a name."
Her lips pressed together.
Her hands were shaking again.
"Naomi.
A name."
"Richard," she whispered.
The room went very still.
Richard Hale.
My business partner.
My closest friend for fifteen years.
The man who had just offered us this private room.
The man standing downstairs right now, between Eleanor Drake and that door.
"That's not possible."
"He introduced us, Julian." Her voice cracked.
"Did you ever ask yourself why?"
I hadn't.
Not once in seven years.
Three more knocks.
Harder this time.
Mia pressed herself against my side.
I looked down at her.
Those amber eyes.
My eyes.
Then I looked at the door.
Richard's voice again, quieter now.
Almost careful.
"Julian.
She's asking for you specifically."
Naomi grabbed my arm.
"Don't let her near Mia."
That one sentence told me everything Eleanor had threatened was real.
And still unfinished.
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What Julian found out when that door finally opened will leave you speechless.
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