Chapter 15 - A Unexpected Visit In The Cold
At the end of my evening lecture, as the students cleared out of the large auditorium, I noticed a solitary figure sitting in the back row.
It was Evelyn Vance, wearing a faded coat, her hair graying and her former arrogant posture completely shattered by months of public disgrace.
Richard was facing civil lawsuits, Jason was serving a three-year sentence as an accessory to trial fraud, and Emily was awaiting trial for attempted murder.
Evelyn walked down the wooden stairs of the auditorium slowly, clutching her worn handbag with trembling fingers as she approached my podium.
“Sarah... I’m sorry to bother you at your work,” Evelyn said, her voice small, raspy, and completely broken.
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“I just... I wanted to bring you your father’s old research journals that we found in our basement storage unit.”
She laid a small leather-bound box onto the wooden lectern, looking at me with eyes filled with immense, unpayable regret.
