Chapter 15 - The Person Behind Margaret

I stared at the photo.
My hands went cold.
Margaret was standing beside a man.
A man I recognized.
Someone connected to my father’s death.
Someone everyone believed disappeared years ago.
Emily stepped closer.
“Daniel?”
I couldn’t answer.
Because the image raised a question I wasn’t ready to face.
Margaret had not been acting alone.
The Christmas betrayal.
The company takeover.
The attack on Emily.
It was all part of something bigger.
Then another file appeared.
An audio recording.
I pressed play.
Static filled the room.
Then a familiar voice spoke.
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A voice I never expected to hear again.
“Daniel… if you’re listening to this, your mother lied to you about the night your father died.”