Chapter 22 - MARGARET DISAPPEARS Margaret vanished the next morning.
Her apartment was unlocked.
Her purse was on the table.
Her phone was charging.
No struggle.
No blood.
Only a note.
I am going to finish what I started.
Claire blamed herself.
I refused.
Reyes found one clue.
The Harrington Star had been removed from the display.
The original necklace.
The same necklace that had exposed Vanessa.
Someone had taken it.
But why?
Michael examined the clasp.
The tiny key was still missing.
We realized the key had never opened Union Station.
Union Station had been a decoy.
The necklace contained another mechanism.
A second compartment.
Inside was a strip of microfilm.
The information on it led to a private bank.
A safety deposit box.
Owned by Margaret.
We opened it.
Inside was a letter.
From Charles.
Margaret had received it twenty-four years earlier.
She had never shown anyone.
The letter contained one sentence.
If Claire survives, the child will eventually come for the truth.
Then another.
When she does, tell her everything.
May you like
Margaret had not obeyed.
Until now.
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