Chapter 10 - Tracing The Little Girl’s Journey To The Breakfast Party
A photograph fluttered out from the back pages of Elena’s journal and drifted silently onto the wooden floorboards.
Richard bent down to pick it up, his breath catching as he saw a picture of young Lily holding the silver locket.
Written on the back of the photo was a cryptic note: “If anything happens to me, find Grandfather Richard; he is the only one strong enough to stop Adrian.”
Richard stared at the words in stunned disbelief, realizing his daughter hadn't hated him as much as she had feared him.
And that explained why little Lily had slipped into his Manhattan breakfast party, drawn by invisible threads of destiny.
“Sir, our local scouts found tire tracks heading toward the old lighthouse road north of the town,” a security guard reported.
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“Move out immediately; they couldn't have gotten far in this coastal weather,” Richard ordered, slipping the journal into his coat.
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