Chapter 6 - Lily Found Someone Upstairs
Ethan ran toward Margaret’s bedroom.
A man was climbing through the balcony doors.
Ethan chased him, but the intruder escaped across the lower terrace.
He left behind a torn envelope.
The return address belonged to a Boston law firm: Kessler & Moore.
Margaret recognized it.
“David used them.”
“For what?”
“The adoption.”
Celeste reached for the envelope.
Ethan pulled it away.
Margaret sat on the bed.
“Charlotte.”
Ethan stared at her.
“You think someone is searching for her?”
“No.”
Margaret looked toward the open balcony.
“I think someone already found her.”
Her name, she said, was Emma Reed.
Ethan knew the name.
Emma Reed had organized tonight’s reception.
The quiet brunette who had spent weeks working with Richard.
The woman who had left minutes before the strap incident.
Ethan’s pulse accelerated.
“Charlotte was here tonight?”
Margaret nodded.
“She doesn’t know who she is.”
Celeste’s face collapsed.
Richard looked sick.
Ethan stared at them.
“You invited her here and said nothing?”
Richard answered, “I learned three weeks ago.”
“From who?”
Margaret reached beneath the mattress and pulled out an old sealed envelope.
May you like
David’s handwriting covered the front.
OPEN WHEN CHARLOTTE RETURNS.
