Chapter 11: The Uncle Nobody Suspected
The room went silent.
Amelia stared at the name written on the back of the photograph.
Richard Hart.
Her uncle.
Her father's younger brother.
A man who had attended every family holiday.
Every birthday.
Every anniversary.
A man who had cried at her mother's funeral.
A man she had trusted her entire life.
"This doesn't make sense."
The words slipped from her mouth before she realized it.
Her father looked confused.
"What doesn't make sense?"
Amelia quickly flipped the photograph over.
Instinct.
She wasn't ready to share everything yet.
Not after what the letter had said.
Do not tell anyone where you are going.
Not even family.
For the first time, she understood why.
Her mother had been afraid of someone inside the family.
And no
