Chapter 11 - The Woman Who Betrayed Us Came Back With One Final SecretYears passed.
But one winter morning, Elena requested to see me.
I almost refused.
Then I remembered Adrian.
I went.
She looked older.
Tired.
Human.
She handed me a letter.
"From my father."
I opened it.
Inside was a confession.
He had been responsible for Adrian's death.
But there was another secret.
He had ordered someone else to watch Elsie.
Someone nobody had suspected.
A nurse.
The nurse had been assigned to Sienna at the hospital three years ago.
She had attempted to take Elsie.
Nero had prevented it.
Suddenly the attack on the handler made sense.
The handler wasn't trying to control Nero.
He had been trying to locate Elsie's whereabouts.
Nero recognized him.
He attacked.
The dog had known.
Again.
Before any of us.
I looked at Elena.
"Why tell me now?"
"Because I finally understand what Adrian wanted."
"What?"
"Peace."
She cried.
I didn't forgive her.
Not completely.
But I no longer hated her.
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And what to leave behind.
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