Frederick stared at the text message for a long time, trying to understand what it meant. He had already discovered that Eleanor was The Architect, that she was trained by the organization, that her entire life had been orchestrated as part of a long-term plan. What else could there possibly be to discover?
He decided to do something that he had been avoiding since Eleanor revealed the truth. He decided to investigate his wife. He used Detective Morrison's resources to pull up every piece of information that could be found about Eleanor Chen or Ivy Sterling. He pulled birth records, adoption records, financial transactions, property ownership, medical records.
What he found shook him to his core.
Eleanor was not just a trained operative for the organization. Eleanor had been the organiz
