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Chapter 30 — The Name on the Letter
Author: Milton Hoffman
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Daniel stared at the message until the words began to blur.

Your mother didn't die in an accident.

For years, he had believed the story. A wet road. A broken brake. A terrible accident that had taken his mother away when he was still young. He had never questioned it. His father had never given him a reason to. But now everything he believed about that night was falling apart.

Daniel looked through the window at the stranger standing beside the black car. The man was still watching him.

"Who is
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