Chapter 13 - The WitnessMartha arrived in a wheelchair.
Her ribs were bandaged.
Her hands trembled.
Chloe smiled when she saw her.
"Martha."
Martha reached for her hand.
"I told you you'd be fine."
Chloe cried.
"You saved my life."
Martha shook her head.
"I saved your baby's life."
David crouched beside her.
"You knew about my mother."
Martha's eyes became distant.
"I knew enough."
"Tell me."
Martha hesitated.
Then she spoke.
"Twenty years ago, I saw your mother meet with men in the basement."
"What men?"
"I don't know."
"What did they discuss?"
Martha looked directly at him.
"People who disappeared."
David's face tightened.
Martha continued.
"Your mother kept records of everyone who threatened her."
"Where?"
"I thought they were destroyed."
She paused.
"But if Eleanor kept one secret room..."
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Martha looked frightened.
"There may be another."
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