Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Letter Arrives From an Unknown Foreign Source
Late one crisp November evening, while Lisa was reviewing international patent filings in her study, a courier dropped off a heavy foreign envelope. There were no return addresses or postmarks, only a dark wax seal stamped with an unfamiliar military emblem from overseas.
Lisa used a silver letter opener to slice open the thick parchment, pulling out a single handwritten letter and an old black-and-white photograph.
The photograph showed her parents standing outside a European safehouse alongside a man she had never seen before in her life.
The handwritten note at the bottom was signed with a single initial and made her breath freeze instantly in her chest:
May you like
“Evelyn was only a pawn, Lisa... your real father is coming home to claim what the Bennett family stole.”
Lisa slowly raised her eyes toward the rain-streaked window as a black luxury sedan pulled up to the front security gates below...
