Chapter 3 - The Name Written Inside
I wanted to open the paper immediately.
I wanted answers.
But Chloe held my hand.
“Not yet.”
Those two words shocked me.
Not because she refused.
Because she sounded afraid.
A child should never sound afraid in a prison visitation room.
“What happened, Chloe?”
She looked at the floor.
“I found it in Grandma’s room.”
“Found what?”
“The box.”
My mind raced.
My mother had a locked wooden box.
I remembered seeing it years ago.
Before my arrest.
Before everything changed.
Chloe continued.
“There were pictures.”
“What pictures?”
She swallowed.
“Pictures of you.”
I felt my heartbeat increase.
The warden moved closer.
“Time is almost over.”
I looked at him.
“No.”
The officer beside him shifted.
The warden wasn’t watching me.
He was watching the paper.
That was the first time I knew.
Whatever Chloe had found wasn’t just important.
It was dangerous.
Then she finally unfolded one corner.
I saw a name.
A name I recognized.
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Warden Mitchell.
📖 Chapter 4 reveals why the warden’s name appeared in Chloe’s discovery and what Gavin’s family hid from him. 👇
