Chapter 9 - The Last Letter Explained the Seven-Year SecretAfter Evelyn's death, Cassidy found another envelope.
Daniel's final letter.
Cassidy,
If you're reading this, then the family survived me.
Good.
I never wanted you to inherit money.
I wanted you to inherit the choice to walk away from it.
Cassidy cried.
Ronan was never meant to be the protector.
He was meant to be the bridge.
And Emily was never meant to disappear forever.
She was meant to survive.
At the bottom:
If you love Ronan, don't save him.
Let him save himself.
Cassidy understood.
She had never married a broken man.
She had married a man willing to change.
And that mattered.
She folded the letter.
Ronan walked in.
“What is it?”
She handed it to him.
He read.
Then looked at her.
“He knew.”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“Because family remembers things.”
Ronan smiled.
“Sometimes I hate how smart dead people are.”
May you like
She laughed.
Then hugged him.
