Chapter 19 - The Open DoorOne evening, Alivia and Leo returned to Newport.
The house was quiet.
The ocean stretched endlessly beneath the moon.
Alivia placed her hand on the railing.
“Do you ever wonder what would have happened if I had left that ballroom?”
Leo stood beside her.
“Sometimes.”
“Would everything be different?”
“Yes.”
She looked at him.
“Would we still have found each other?”
Leo smiled.
“I think I would have found you eventually.”
She laughed softly.
Then a phone rang inside the house.
Alivia glanced toward the door.
It was a message from the foundation.
A new case.
A woman trapped in a powerful family.
A woman afraid to leave.
Alivia looked at Leo.
He nodded.
“Tomorrow?”
She smiled.
“Tomorrow.”
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They walked inside together.
The door remained open behind them.
