Chapter 16 - The Boy Grows Up Years passed.
Noah became a teenager.
Then a young man.
Daniel told him the truth slowly.
Never all at once.
Noah knew Margaret had hurt him.
He knew about Claire.
He knew there had been a DNA test.
But Daniel refused to turn his childhood into a courtroom.
At seventeen, Noah discovered something Daniel hadn't expected.
An envelope in his school locker.
No return address.
Inside was a photograph.
The staircase.
The mansion.
Margaret.
Noah.
And a note.
Your father told you the version that made him the hero.
Ask him what happens when you turn eighteen.
Noah went home.
He placed the photograph on the kitchen table.
Daniel stopped breathing.
“Where did you get this?”
“My locker.”
Daniel recognized the image.
It was from sealed prosecution evidence.
Someone had stolen it.
Noah stared at him.
“Do I know everything?”
Daniel hesitated.
“No.”
Noah's face hardened.
“You promised no editing.”
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Daniel nodded.
“You're right.”
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