I leaned closer.
Audrey’s eyes filled with tears. “One name kept coming up.”
“What name?”
She swallowed.
“Rose Thorne.”
I frowned. “Julian’s sister?”
Audrey shook her head slowly.
“His first wife.”
My breath caught.
“Julian told everyone she died overseas before we met. But one night, I found her picture in the basement. She had written something on the back.”
Audrey closed her eyes, trembling.
“What did it say?”
Her voice broke.
“If I vanish, ask Ethan Vale why.”
The room went silent except for the heart monitor.
My name.
On a photograph in the Thornes’ basement.
From a woman I had never met.
Part 4: The Woman
