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Before she could fully process it, the door opened again.
This time, it was not staff.
“Ms. Sloan,” he said quietly, closing the door behind him. “My name is Leonard Blackwood. I was retained by your mother.”
Rebecca swallowed.
“My mother was a public school clerk. She died when I was twenty-two.”
Leonard nodded.
“That’s what she wanted the world to believe.”
He placed the briefcase on the chair and opened it, revealing documents edged in gold embossing, seals she didn’t recognize, names she had never seen attached to her own life.
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