Chapter 21 - A Chilling Discovery Suggests Rachel’s Husband Is Alive
The morning sun cast a golden glow across the peaceful gardens, making the horrors of the past feel like a distant nightmare.
Suddenly, Daniel Pike entered the kitchen with a heavy expression, holding a plain brown envelope bearing no return address.
“Mr. Calder, apologies for interrupting breakfast, but this package just arrived at the front gate security check,” Daniel reported.
Roman took the envelope, slicing it open with a silver butter knife while stepping away from the island.
Inside was a single handwritten note and a modern digital flash drive stamped with an encrypted military seal.
Roman plugged the flash drive into his pocket tablet, watching as a secure video file loaded onto the bright screen.
The video showed a dimly lit hospital room somewhere overseas, featuring a bedridden man with fading surgical scars.
The man looked directly into the camera lens, struggling to speak through an oxygen mask before whispering a shocking name.
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And as Rachel glanced over Roman’s shoulder at the screen, her cup slipped from her fingers, shattering loudly against the floor:
It was David Bennett—her supposedly dead husband—looking directly at the camera and whispering a desperate final warning.
