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Chapter 13 - DANIEL MET ADRIAN’S FAMILYDaniel eventually met Martin’s sister, Elise.

She was not involved in the extortion.

She had known Adrian had a child.

Not who.

Adrian apparently regretted the affair for the rest of his life.

He never married.

Daniel asked:

“Did he want me?”

Elise started crying.

“Yes.”

That answer complicated everything.

Adrian had wanted contact.

Margaret blocked it.

I hid the letters I did receive.

Everyone had contributed to the silence in different ways.

Daniel spent months angry at all of us.

He deserved to.

Then he asked Elise for photographs.

She brought boxes.

Daniel found one image of Adrian at thirty-two.

Same smile.

Same posture.

He stared.

Then said:

“That’s unsettling.”

I agreed.

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We laughed.

The first time we had laughed about any of it.

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