CHAPTER 38: THE PERSON WHO WATCHED THEM FALL
The photograph rested on the table.
Nobody touched it.
Nobody spoke.
Because the image contained a truth that none of them were prepared to face.
Damien stared at the picture.
It showed him and Ariana seven years ago.
Young.
Happy.
Completely unaware of the storm that was coming.
They were standing beneath the old university oak tree.
The same place where he had promised to love her forever.
But there was something else.
Someone standing in the background.
Watching them.
A person whose face was hidden by the shadow of the tree.
Ariana slowly picked up the photograph.
"Who took this?"
No one answered.
Damien looked at Richard.
"Do you know?"
Richard shook his head.
"No."
Adrian studied the picture carefully.
"The angle is
