Chapter 16 - The Echo
Five years had passed.
I was living in a quiet suburban home, the rhythm of my life steady and predictable.
One morning, a letter arrived without a return address.
It contained a single key and an address in the city.
I knew who it was from.
I ignored it for weeks, but the temptation was too strong.
I drove to the address—a small, nondescript storage facility.
I unlocked the unit.
Inside was a single box, containing all the records of the Net—the ones Daniel had kept hidden even from me.
I realized then that he had left me his legacy, not as a gift, but as a test.
I sat on the cold floor, the papers scattered around me.
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I wasn't the victim anymore.
I was the keeper of the secrets.
