Chapter 18 - The LetterOne rainy afternoon, a letter arrived.
There was no return address.
Eleanor opened it carefully.
Inside was a single sheet of paper.
The message was short.
You think Richard acted alone.
Eleanor stopped breathing.
Martha read over her shoulder.
At the bottom of the page was a second sentence.
He wasn't the only one who knew about the inheritance.
Eleanor's fingers began trembling.
Martha took the letter.
“Who sent this?”
“I don't know.”
They stared at each other.
The past they had fought so hard to escape suddenly seemed to be reaching back toward them.
Eleanor looked toward the hallway.
For a moment, the mansion felt cold again.
Then she looked down at Leo.
Her son was sleeping peacefully.
She kissed his forehead.
Whatever waited outside those walls, she would face it.
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She had survived once.
She would survive again.
