Chapter 12 - The PhotographThe investigation intensified.
Sarah was finally strong enough to leave the hospital.
Returning to the Hawthorne estate was difficult.
Every corridor contained memories.
Every room reminded her of the six months she had spent trapped nearby.
Richard wanted to sell the house.
Sarah refused.
“Not yet.”
“Why?”
“Because I need to know who else was involved.”
That evening, Sarah walked into her old study.
Everything had been disturbed.
Then she noticed something behind a bookshelf.
A photograph.
She pulled it free.
It showed her father-in-law twenty years earlier.
Standing beside Thomas.
Eleanor.
And another man.
Sarah stared at the fourth face.
Her hands began trembling.
Richard entered.
“What is it?”
She turned the photograph around.
“I know him.”
“Who?”
Sarah's voice was barely audible.
“Your uncle.”
Richard stared.
“My uncle died fifteen years ago.”
Sarah shook her head.
“No.”
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She pointed at the photograph.
“That man isn't dead.”
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