Chapter 9 - THE MAN WHO WOKE UP Julian regained consciousness.

His first word was:
“Eleanor.”
Thomas stood beside his hospital bed.
“She kidnapped Leo.”
Julian stared at him.
“No.”
Thomas stiffened.
“You saw what she did.”
“I saw what Maria wanted me to see.”
Julian remembered Arthur.
The syringe.
Eleanor running with Leo.
And his own unforgivable words.
Get out.
He closed his eyes.
“Where is my wife?”
Thomas reached toward the medication pump.
Julian saw it.
And suddenly understood.
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Thomas wasn’t visiting.
He was making sure Julian never woke up again.
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