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Chapter Twenty One: And It Ends
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2021-08-22 01:33:44Helena's POV
"There was a girl."The words he tried to utter before his death still ring in my ears. I tasked Castle to find out more.
I paid immediate attention to him. I have been sitting in Alexander's old boat all day. As soon as I woke up this morning, all I wanted was to feel close to him and where else than in this old boat? I closed the book he was reading last. I'm going to finish it for him.
"What girl? Who is she?"
The worst thought i have in my mind -actually two- is that she was hired by Rhea to poison him and second, he was having an affair with a younger woman. The last one is ridiculous but hell, he was a fine fine man! Young women loved him! Who won't fall in love with a silver fox with a mystery to him?
"I don't know who she is. He brought her to the apartment. She lived there with him for a few days. But she is no longer there."
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