Evelyn looked at me for a long moment.

Then she said:

“The person who ordered it is still alive.”

I felt my stomach drop.

“Who?”

Before she could answer, the lights went out.

The entire cell block fell into darkness.

Women began shouting.

Doors slammed.

Somewhere down the corridor, an alarm started ringing.

Evelyn grabbed my arm.

“Don’t move.”

Then we heard footsteps.

Slow.

Deliberate.

Coming toward us.

A shadow appeared beneath the door.

Someone stopped outside.

Then a voice whispered:

“Give me the box.”

Evelyn looked at me.

I looked at her.

Neither of us moved.

The voice came again.

“You have ten seconds.”

I whispered, “Who is that?”

Evelyn’s face had gone pale.

Then she said something that terrified me more than the voice outside.

“It’s someone who was supposed to be dead.”

The door began to open.

PART 4 — THE TRUTH NOBODY EXPECTED

The door opened slowly.

I prepared myself for Mack.

But it wasn’t her.

It was the prison doctor.

Dr. Samuel Reed.

He stood in the doorway holding a flashlight.

“Come with me,” he whispered.

Evelyn didn’t move.

“Why should we trust you?”

“Because your father saved my life.”

I stared at him.

“My father?”

He nodded.