season2 .. Your Masterpiece Lives On

The next afternoon, I returned to the lawyer’s office.

Arthur placed the deed on his desk.

“You should know what this is before you open it.”

I looked at him.

“What did Julian buy?”

“The building where he worked.”

I frowned.

“The tailor shop?”

Arthur nodded.

“He bought it twenty-seven years ago.”

I stared at the document.

“Why?”

“Because he believed one day Caleb might come back.”

Inside the deed was a letter.

I unfolded it carefully.

To my son,

If you are reading this, then I have finally run out of time.

I bought this place because it was the last place where your sister and I made something beautiful.

I want you to have it.

Not because it is valuable.

Because it belongs to your family.

Then came the part that changed everything.

But if Caleb does not return, I want Nora to decide what happens to it.

I looked at Arthur.

“Why me?”

Arthur smiled.

“Because Julian had already decided.”

“Decided what?”

“To leave the building to you.”

I stared at him.

“I can’t accept this.”

“You can.”

“No. I barely knew him.”

Arthur leaned back.

“You knew him when he needed someone most.”

That silenced me.