Chapter 12 - BLACKWATER Blackwater was an abandoned industrial town by the river.
Factories.
Empty warehouses.
Broken windows.
No witnesses.
Daniel and Ethan arrived at dusk.
A woman stepped from the shadows.
Claire.
Ethan stopped breathing.
For twelve years, he had imagined this moment.
He had imagined anger.
Questions.
A hug.
Instead, he could only stare.
Claire looked at him.
“My son.”
Ethan ran to her.
She held him tightly.
Neither spoke.
Then Claire pulled away.
“You shouldn't have come.”
Ethan laughed through tears.
“You sent for me.”
“I sent for Daniel.”
“I'm not leaving without you.”
Claire looked at him.
Then smiled.
“You're still stubborn.”
“You're still alive.”
“Yes.”
Daniel stood several feet away.
Claire looked at him.
“You got old.”
Daniel smiled.
“So did you.”
Then a gunshot echoed.
Claire's smile vanished.
“Down!”
They dropped.
Men appeared on the rooftops.
Daniel returned fire.
Ethan pulled Claire behind a concrete barrier.
“Who are they?”
“Argent.”
Claire looked toward Daniel.
“He was never supposed to come.”
Daniel shouted:
“I heard that!”
Claire almost laughed.
Then she saw someone approaching through the smoke.
Emily.
Alive.
Standing in the middle of the street.
May you like
“Dad.”
Daniel froze.
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