Chapter 17 - The Last LetterMonths later, a letter arrived.
It came from the federal penitentiary.
Margaret.
Ava stared at the envelope for several minutes.
She didn't want to open it.
Ethan asked:
"You don't have to."
"I know."
She opened it anyway.
The letter was short.
Margaret did not apologize.
She wrote about betrayal.
About loneliness.
About how Ethan had supposedly abandoned her.
Ava folded the letter.
Then she placed it inside a drawer.
"Are you going to answer?"
"No."
"Why?"
Ava looked at him.
"Because silence is the one thing she can no longer control."
Ethan smiled.
May you like
He kissed her forehead.
And they walked away.
