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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd then he noticed something that should not have been there under any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A fresh envelope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White. Clean. Untouched by rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And on the front \u2014 his name, written in handwriting he would recognize among a thousand others, even with his eyes closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was her handwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an instant, everything inside him turned upside down. The air vanished from his lungs. His heart pounded so hard it felt ready to burst from his chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He looked around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only the wind moving the grass and the faint creak of an old iron fence somewhere in the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His hands would not obey him as he picked up the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the back were words that made his blood run cold:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you are reading this\u2026 it means they lied to both of us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He tore it open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What he found inside made him leap to his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because in the next second, he understood something impossible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All those years, he had been imprisoned for a crime he never committed\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the woman he had mourned all this time might not be dead at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that was not the worst part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From behind the trees, someone had been watching him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n