The room fell silent.
If Evelyn was telling the truth, Emma was not simply Caroline’s daughter.
She was my niece.
And the family conspiracy had begun long before David entered my life.
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Back at the house, Mara received a call.
She listened.
Then she turned toward me.
“Mrs. Mercer, the police have secured the building.”
I focused on the screen.
WHAT ABOUT SAMUEL?
“He’s safe.”
I closed my eyes.
For the first time, I believed the nightmare might finally be ending.
Then the telephone rang again.
Mara answered.
Her expression changed.
She looked at me.
“There’s a problem.”
“What?”
“David escaped.”
David had escaped through an underground service passage connected to the abandoned office building.
Michael and Evelyn had been arrested.
Dr. Cole was taken into custody shortly afterward.
But David was missing.
Police issued an alert and began searching his properties.
Samuel returned to my house just after midnight.
