The fourth person was my father.
My father had been dead for twelve years.
I stared at the photograph.
“This is impossible.”
Sarah sat down.
“Liam found it in the company archives.”
“Why was Dad there?”
“I don’t know.”
I looked at the date.
The photograph had been taken fifteen years ago.
Three years before my father died.
I opened Liam’s final letter.
There were only a few lines.
Emily,
If you’ve made it this far, you now know that the company didn’t begin this operation with Marcus.
It began long before him.
Your father was one of the people who discovered it.
He tried to expose them.
They stopped him.
Liam.
I couldn’t breathe.
My father hadn’t died naturally.
At least, Liam didn’t believe he had.
I read the last line.
And Sarah knows who ordered it.
I looked up.
Sarah was crying.
“Is it true?”
She nodded.
“Who?”
She looked at me.
“It was Daniel.”
I couldn’t believe it.
“The man from the office?”
Sarah nodded.
“He was working for them.”
“Then why did Liam trust you?”
“Because I helped him.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because Liam made me promise.”
I stood up.
“You lied to me for weeks.”
