Chapter 21 - A Chilling Message Left In The Old Leather NotebookLater that night, after the restaurant closed and the staff had gone home, Tessa sat alone in her office.
She opened Eda Boudreaux’s worn leather notebook to review the final handwritten notes for tomorrow’s menu.
As she turned past the last recipe page, a loose photograph slipped out from the binding and fluttered down.
She picked it up off the hardwood floor, turning it over to examine the faded polaroid image.
It showed Eda standing beside a young, smiling woman holding a baby boy who looked remarkably familiar.
Written on the back of the photograph in Eda’s sharp, elegant handwriting was a final chilling sentence:
“The bloodline of Callahan is safe, Tessa... but the real war across the river has only just begun.”
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Before she could process the warning, the office desk lamp flickered and died, plunging her into total darkness:
The past was never truly finished with them.
