Chapter 13 - THE BOXFrancesca remembered the watch.
“The pocket watch.”
Helen stared at her.
“What about it?”
“It was Richard's favorite possession.”
“He said it was a family heirloom.”
“Maybe.”
Francesca turned the watch over.
There was a tiny seam along the back.
They opened it.
Inside was a miniature memory card.
Helen stared at it.
Neither woman spoke.
Federal agents were called.
The card contained encrypted files.
Financial records.
Names.
Photographs.
Videos.
And one final document.
A list titled:
PEOPLE WHO KNOW.
Helen's name was on it.
Sarah's name was not.
Yet someone had drawn a red line through Helen's name.
And beside it was a handwritten note:
She knows more than she thinks.
Helen felt the old fear return.
May you like
Not for herself.
For Sarah.
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Chapter 14 - THE FINAL HUNTThe federal government moved Helen and Sarah into protective custody.
Chapter 15 - SIX MONTHS LATERSix months after Marcus's arrest, the final indictments were announced.
Chapter 16 - THE HOUSE BY THE OCEANThey left Chicago.
Chapter 17 - WHAT SURVIVAL BECAMESarah changed.
Chapter 18 - THE PIECE OF PAPERThree years after the night they fled Chicago, Helen and Sarah stood on the deck overlooking the Pacific.
Chapter 19 - THE CALLLater that night, after Sarah went upstairs, Helen remained alone on the deck.
