Chapter 19 - The PhotographThat night, after everyone left, Sarah walked alone through the old hallway.
The painting was gone.
The wall had been rebuilt.
The scars were almost invisible.
She placed her hand against the new plaster.
Nothing.
Silence.
Then she heard footsteps.
Leo appeared behind her.
"Sarah?"
She turned.
"Hey, birthday boy."
He held something in his hand.
A small blue toy truck.
"Dad gave me this."
Sarah smiled.
"That's the one you told me about."
Leo nodded.
"I kept thinking about it when I was in the wall."
Sarah knelt.
"Why?"
"Because I knew Daddy would come."
Her heart broke and healed at the same time.
She hugged him.
Then, from somewhere outside the mansion, a car engine started.
Sarah looked toward the window.
A black SUV slowly disappeared beyond the gates.
She frowned.
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For a moment, she wondered if she had seen someone watching the house.
Then the vehicle vanished into the darkness.
