She Took a Night Shift to Pay Her Tuition — Then the City’s Most Powerful Heir Walked Into Her Bar
Chapter 7
The key was hidden inside a wooden box Evelyn had kept since childhood.
She found it after returning to her mother’s old storage unit.
Small.
Brass.
Stamped with a number.
Adrian recognized it.
“Safety deposit box.”
They found the box the next day.
Inside were letters.
Receipts.
A flash drive.
And a photograph of Thomas Carter with Adrian’s mother.
Evelyn opened the first letter.
Her father had written:
If anything happens to me, they will try to make this look like my fault. Don’t believe the records.
She read the next line.
Vivian knows.
Adrian stopped breathing.
“Vivian.”
“Your aunt?”
He nodded.
“My father’s sister.”
Evelyn looked at him.
“Was she involved?”
“I don’t know.”
The door behind them suddenly closed.
Daniel entered.
“We have a problem.”
“What?”
“Vivian knows Evelyn has the box.”
Adrian looked at Evelyn.
She understood immediately.
The people trying to destroy the evidence were no longer searching blindly.
They knew exactly what she had.
