Chapter 7 - A Letter That Changes Modern American History
The heavy safe door clicked open, revealing a thick leather-bound dossier sealed with yellowing wax.
Evelyn pulled the file out with trembling hands, blowing away a fine layer of dust before breaking the seal.
Inside were original land deeds, government contracts, and a series of handwritten letters dated from the mid-nineteen-fifties.
“Thomas didn't die in an accident, did he?” Richard asked, reading the header on a legal document over her shoulder.
“He was a brilliant naval engineer who discovered a massive energy reserve beneath our family’s original property,” Evelyn revealed.
“My father couldn't allow a penniless young man to control the most valuable land in New England,” she continued.
“So your father staged his death?” Richard gasped, his eyes widening in complete horror.
“They staged the crash, buried an empty coffin in the family plot, and forced me into an arranged marriage,” Evelyn confessed.
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She pulled out a yellowed photograph from the bottom of the folder, showing a young Thomas smiling beside a blueprint.
Scrawled across the back of the photograph in dark ink was a note: I will return when the child turns seven.
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