Chapter 17 - Evelyn's Jailhouse Summons
Three days later, Julian received an unexpected call from the warden at the Fairfax County Detention Center.
Evelyn had requested an emergency visitation, promising to reveal crucial information if Julian met her face-to-face.
Julian sat behind the thick reinforced glass window of the visitation booth, picking up the heavy plastic telephone receiver.
Evelyn sat opposite him, looking frail and aged in her orange jumpsuit, her silver hair unkempt.
"You think you know everything about your wife, Julian," Evelyn said, her voice raspy through the crackling speaker.
"I know she was an honest woman murdered by a greedy monster," Julian replied with flat disdain.
Evelyn let out a bitter, cold laugh that sent a shiver down Julian's spine.
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"Clara wasn't who you thought she was," Evelyn whispered sinisterly, leaning closer to the glass.
"Ask your uncle Marcus about the night Clara was adopted twenty-six years ago in Richmond."
