Nobody spoke. For several long seconds, the study remained completely silent.
The restored photograph lay on the desk between them like a loaded weapon. Clara could hear her own heartbeat.
She stared at the image, blinked, then stared again. Surely she was mistaken, surely exhaustion was playing tricks on her mind.
But no matter how many times she looked, the face remained the same. The fifth person wasn't a stranger,the fifth person wasn't some forgotten businessman from twenty years ago.
The fifth person was Victoria Knight.
A cold sensation spread through Clara's chest. "No..." The whisper escaped her lips before she could stop it.
Beside her, Ethan looked equally stunned. His eyes moved between the photograph and Alexander. Then back to the photograph again.
"This doesn't make s
