“Because three months before he died, Charles asked me to make sure you received that specific notebook one day.”

Every sound in the room seemed to stop.

“What exactly did he say?”

Daniel looked at me with perfect clarity.

“He said: If Lawson ever starts asking questions about Kelsey Vance, make sure he gets the blue notebook.

By then he’ll be old enough to understand what we all got wrong.”

Kelsey’s eyes came to mine.

Not what one villain got wrong.