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The ‘storm’ was merely a convenient shroud for a calculated execution. The grief I had carried for five years, which had been tempered by a sense of resignation, suddenly ignited into a cold, sharp rage.

I looked at Lucy, who was watching me with eyes far too old for her eleven years. She had found this note tucked deep inside the stuffing of her favorite teddy bear—a gift Ben had given her just days before the trip. He must have known he was being watched, that his home was no longer a sanctuary, and that his only chance to protect his daughters was to hide the truth in the one place he knew would be safe.

I spent the rest of the night in a haze of terror and clarity. I realized now why Aaron had been so present in our lives over the last five years, why he was always checking in, always hovering. He wasn’t being a supportive friend; he was monitoring the family he had destroyed, ensuring that no one ever dug too deep into the wreckage of that night.