Then I realized she was right.

We did not need to win strangers.

We needed Evelyn safe.

The post disappeared two days later after counsel apparently advised the gym to stop discussing an active investigation.

Silence did more for us than any angry statement would have.

PART 7 — ROYCE CLARK

Royce entered the case through a lawyer.

Not a threat at our door.

Not armed men.

A lawyer.