Chapter 12 - Delia Reveals Her Hidden Past And Connection To Ewan
Back at the safehouse where we had moved my mother and Delia, the atmosphere was thick with quiet tension. Delia sat by the window watching the snow fall over the lake while holding a cup of steaming tea.
"Ewan and I were supposed to leave Chicago the night the warehouse burned," she said without turning around. My breath caught in my throat as I stopped in the doorway.
"You were his fiancée," I realized aloud, the pieces finally snapping into absolute clarity. Delia nodded slowly, a sad smile touching her lips as she traced the rim of her porcelain cup.
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"He knew what Celeste and your uncle were planning," Delia whispered. "He put me in your mother's care under an assumed name so the syndicate would think I died in the fire too."
For two years she had lived under my roof, protecting my mother while hiding in plain sight from the monsters who hunted her. She wasn't just a nurse; she was the last surviving witness to my brother's murder.
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