Chapter Twenty-Nine
Revelations.
Elizabeth offered to pay me a handsome wage for the case, but I declined. Another surprising appearance of the altruistic Thomas Blume. Was I going soft?
Sure, I could have used the money, but I’d figured she wasn’t a wealthy woman anymore and probably couldn’t afford it. Especially after paying for the second funeral of her late son.
I could be an asshole, but not that much of an asshole.
Covered in bruises and stitches, I paid my respects to Jack and the other kids from afar—I didn’t want to shock any of the already distraught parents at the cemetery. I’d stood on the other side of each churchyard, away from each crowd, silently hoping the victims found the peace in death that they’d had taken from them in life.
I noticed Elizabeth’s thin smile at t
