Chapter 20 - The Next ChapterMonths later, the Whitmore Foundation opened its largest center yet.
There were children playing outside.
Families arriving through the doors.
People beginning again.
Thalia stood on the steps beneath a golden evening sky.
She had survived the man who once tried to control her life.
She had rebuilt herself without hiding behind her father's name.
And she had finally learned that strength wasn't about having the power to destroy someone.
It was having the courage to walk away.
Ethan approached her.
"Ready?"
Thalia smiled.
"Ready for what?"
He handed her a sealed envelope.
"No idea."
She opened it.
Inside was a single sentence.
Someone has found the missing file.
Thalia looked toward the horizon.
For a moment, the old fear returned.
Then she folded the letter.
She smiled.
"Let them come."
Behind her, the doors of the foundation opened.
People stepped into the light.
The past was finally behind her.
Or so she thought.
Because somewhere across the city, an unknown phone began to ring.
And this time...
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the person calling knew her name.
TO BE CONTINUED...
