Chapter 17 - The Box in the AtticDaniel returned to the old estate.
The property was now empty.
The new owners had not yet moved in.
Arthur accompanied him.
They searched the attic.
Behind an old wooden panel, they found a metal box.
Inside were photographs.
Bank statements.
Letters.
And one photograph Daniel had never seen.
His father stood beside another man.
On the back was a date.
The same night his father died.
Arthur's expression changed.
"Daniel..."
There was something else.
A handwritten ledger.
Several payments.
Several names.
One name appeared repeatedly.
Margaret Vance.
Daniel's heart began pounding.
"She knew."
Arthur stared at the documents.
"She may have known more than that."
Daniel looked toward the attic window.
The house felt different now.
It was no longer simply the place where Ava had suffered.
It was a vault.
A vault containing a history that had never been told.
Daniel closed the box.
"We take everything."
Arthur nodded.
"And then?"
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Daniel looked at him.
"Then we find the truth."
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