Chapter 10 - The New Beginning
The next six months were a beautiful, healing journey for our reunited family.
Walter successfully recovered all the stolen money through his vast and aggressive legal connections.
I slowly healed from my fractured pelvis and proudly learned to walk again without any assistance.
Ethan officially retired from his dangerous military career to stay home with us permanently.
We bought a stunning new house near the ocean to start our fresh, incredibly happy life together.
Diane was sentenced to sixty years in federal prison without the possibility of early parole.
We never spoke to her again, entirely erasing her toxic presence from our peaceful existence.
A year later, we were happily celebrating Noah's very first birthday in our sunny, coastal backyard.
I walked to the front mailbox to check for any late birthday cards from our friends.
I pulled out a plain white envelope that had absolutely no return address written on it.
I opened it casually and found a single, chilling photograph of our new house taken from the nearby bushes.
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Written in very familiar handwriting on the back were words saying that I have a sister I never knew about.
The final sentence warned that my hidden sister is coming to finish exactly what Diane started.
