CHAPTER 46: WHEN THE TRUTH BREAKS OPEN
I barely slept that night after telling Elena to release everything. Sleep would have required peace, and peace was nowhere near me. I sat in the dark living room of the safe house, my phone in my hand, staring at the blank screen like it might warn me before the world changed. Outside, the night was too quiet. Inside, my thoughts were louder than any storm. Forty-eight hours. Another deadline. Another choice that felt less like a decision and more like stepping off a cliff because standing still was worse. Paul sat beside me eventually, silent at first, both of us too exhausted for unnecessary words. After a while, he asked softly, “Do you regret it?” I knew what he meant. Not just releasing the file. Everything. Staying. Fighting. Refusing to disa
