Chapter 9 - What Her Mother Left BehindThe evidence was hidden beneath an old floorboard in Lily's childhood home.
Tank, Lily, and Cole returned after dark.
Every room carried the ghost of a life Tank had never been allowed to live.
A child's drawings covered the refrigerator.
A faded jacket hung beside the door.
There were photographs everywhere.
Tank stopped in front of one.
He was standing beside Lily's mother.
They were young.
Happy.
Alive.
He touched the photograph with trembling fingers.
Then Lily called from the hallway.
“Dad.”
It was the first time she had called him that.
Tank turned.
She was holding a metal box.
Inside were documents, photographs, bank records, and a small digital drive.
Evidence of Victor Hale's operation.
But one photograph frightened Tank more than everything else.
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It showed Victor Hale standing beside a man Tank knew very well.
The president of his own club.
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