Chapter 22 - JULIAN WENT BACK TO THE WALLTwo years after his rescue, Julian asked to see the chamber.
Arthur said no automatically.
Then stopped himself.
Old reflex.
Protection through deciding.
He corrected.
“If you want.”
They went together.
The wall had been opened fully.
No concealment.
No door.
Just an exposed historic passage awaiting conversion.
Julian stood inside.
Arthur watched from several feet away.
“Are you okay?”
“No.”
Fair.
Then Julian walked to the steel ring where the restraint had been attached.
It had been removed.
He touched the scar in the floor.
Then said:
“Good.”
“What?”
“It looks smaller.”
Trauma does that sometimes.
In memory, places become infinite.
May you like
Then you return.
And discover the room always had edges.
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Chapter 23 - THE CHAMBER BECAME SOMETHING ELSEJulian suggested what to do with it.
Chapter 24 - THE RECORDERJulian kept the recorder for years.
Chapter 25 - ARTHUR ASKED THE QUESTION HE FEARED MOST“Do you still think of me as your father?”
Chapter 26 - HANNAH AND JULIAN BECAME FRIENDSNot lovers.
Chapter 27 - THE COMPANY LOST THE FAMILY THRONEBlackwood Logistics reorganized.
Chapter 28 - JULIAN FINALLY ASKED ABOUT HIS MOTHERYears passed before Julian wanted contact with Victoria.
