Charlotte, if you are watching this, then Garrett has finally done what I was afraid he would do—and it is time for you to learn why your mother helped him.
PART 3 (THE END)
The sentence on the paper seemed impossible.
Charlotte, if you are watching this, then Garrett has finally done what I was afraid he would do—and it is time for you to learn why your mother helped him.
I read it again.
Then again.
Each time, the words changed shape.
Not because they were different.
Because I was.
For years, I had searched for the reason Garrett always seemed one step ahead of me. I blamed his intelligence. His business instincts. His ability to read people.
I never considered that someone inside my own family might have been helping him.
Someone I trusted.
Someone who raised me.
My hands tightened around the transcript.
“My mother?” I whispered.
