Marcus I barely slept. The information Devin had given me kept replaying in my mind like a broken record. Chris. Out of everyone. Chris had been the only one who arrived in Italy the day before Thomas and his wife died. No matter how many times I tried to dismiss it, the fact refused to leave me alone. It sat in my chest like a stone, heavy and suffocating. I kept going over every possibility, every explanation, every loophole that could prove this was all a coincidence. But there was one problem. I no longer believed in coincidences. Not after the DNA report. Not after the lies. Not after everything that had happened. By morning, I was done thinking. I needed answers. And there was only one person who could give them. Chris. The drive to his house felt longer than usual.

