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Chapter Thirty-Five

DAHLIA

Katherine is getting close to the truth. That damn Detective Walker had to go and stick her nose into our business, stirring up everything I hid from Katherine all these years. Now, Katherine is in Virginia, speaking to Detective Song about that night. Since her brownstone is up for sale, she will start looking for another home, but I don’t think it’s a good idea. She needs a fresh start away from New York—somewhere nobody knows who she is or what she’s been through. Fuck. She loves it here, and she likes the firm she works for. She won’t leave the city. That much, I know.

Perhaps it is finally time for the truth to come to light, though I fear it may be too much for her to bear. For a quarter of a century, I have shielded her from this knowledge, but now my time for protection is coming to an end. My heart beats faster in anticipation and dread as I prepare to reveal the truth, no matter how painful it may be for her.