Chapter 16 - THE MAN WHO NEVER EXISTEDGraham followed the trail.
New York.
Boston.
Chicago.
Then California.
Everywhere he found traces of Elias Vane.
Never the man.
Only the aftermath.
A bank account closed.
A company dissolved.
A building purchased anonymously.
Finally, an old librarian recognized the photograph.
"Elias Vane?"
She smiled sadly.
"People used to say he was dead."
"When?"
"Twenty years ago."
"Do you believe it?"
She looked at Graham.
"No."
"Why?"
"Because dead men don't keep paying the rent for widows."
Graham's pulse quickened.
"Where?"
The librarian handed him an address.
May you like
A small coastal town.
A house overlooking the ocean.
