Chapter 18 - The LetterOn their son's first birthday, Elena found an envelope waiting on the doorstep.
No return address.
Inside was a single photograph.
A woman standing outside a courthouse.
Victoria.
Alive.
Free on appeal.
Behind the photograph was a handwritten message.
You think this is over.
Elena's hands began to shake.
Adrian read the note.
For a moment, the old fear returned.
But then he looked at Elena.
And she saw something different in his eyes.
Not panic.
Not weakness.
Resolve.
“We're not going back,” he said.
May you like
Elena nodded.
But neither of them noticed the second envelope lying beneath the first.
