“And before you open that bear, Colonel…”
His tone remained strangely calm.
“…you might want to find out whether Daniel Carter is actually dead.”
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The call ended.
I stood motionless.
Marco stared at me.
“What did he say?”
I lowered the phone.
Before I could respond, Lily walked toward me.
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Her eyes filled with tears.
“Daddy told us not to tell Claire.”
My chest tightened.
“Tell her
what?”
She looked toward Owen.
Then back at me.
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“That he called us from the hospital after his funeral.”
Nobody moved.
Not Marco.
Not Maria.
Not the officers.
Not me.
Lily reached into her pocket and removed a tiny folded piece of paper.
She placed it carefully in my hand.
Four words were written in Daniel Carter’s unmistakable handwriting.
ADRIAN, THEY FOUND ME.
And beneath those words was tomorrow’s date.
