#Chapter 51: The Letter

I spent the evening digging through Nolan’s file boxes. I couldn’t say exactly why, but I knew there was something in there that I needed to find. Lily had told me to trust my instincts. I was trying to get better at that. I didn’t know what I was looking for. But I knew I’d recognize it when I found it. And I found it. There was a file folder that had a few loose pieces of paper in it, along with one small, white envelope. My heart started hammering in my chest the second I touched the envelope. Somehow, I just knew that this was what I’d been looking for. Maybe it was Lily who knew. She seemed to know everything. I pulled out the envelope and saw that on the front, there was just one word, handwritten in ink. Nathan. I whispered, “Nathan?” Inside the envelope was a letter. A note at the top dated it about six months ago. I read the letter. My hands were shaking by the time I set it down. Obviously, it wa