Chapter 10 - The Twins Started Getting Stronger, but Nathan Wasn't Ready for the Truth About His Wife—and She Had Left Him One Final MessageJacob and Jonah began walking farther.
They ate more.
Their smiles returned.
The house changed.
Windows opened.
The ventilation system was replaced.
The hidden laboratory was destroyed.
The mansion stopped feeling like a prison.
Nathan still struggled.
His wife had left a final letter.
It had been hidden inside the piano.
She wrote:
Nathan, I know you think you failed us.
You didn't.
You trusted the wrong people.
That is different.
She told him she had discovered the experiment.
She had tried to stop it.
She had failed.
But she had one hope.
The boys would survive.
She had asked Nathan to protect them.
Not with money.
Not with security.
With trust.
He cried while reading it.
Then gave it to me.
"She was right."
"About what?"
"I had everything except the thing my sons needed."
"What?"
"Someone who would notice."
He looked at me.
"You noticed."
I smiled.
"You did too eventually."
He laughed quietly.
Then Jacob entered.
"Dad."
Nathan immediately wiped his eyes.
"What?"
"Can Emily stay?"
Nathan looked at me.
"For how long?"
Jacob shrugged.
"Forever."
I laughed.
Jonah added:
"She knows how to make pancakes."
Nathan nodded.
"That seems serious."
May you like
I smiled.
Maybe I was staying.
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