6Measuring.
40Silence.
7Stay away.
41Chapter 10 — My Family’s Silence
8Chapter 2 — The Man No One Named
42Not the hand first. The wall.
9Another pause.
43“Move.”
10Not yet.
44Hard.
11Chapter 3 — My Father’s Study
45For a long moment, neither woman spoke.
12Not a single thing.
46“Yes.”
13Just… unavailable.
47A diagnosis.
14Of course.
48Chapter 11 — Victor’s Version
15Chapter 4 — Victor Hale
49“Sit.”
16Victor didn’t move.
50Just anatomy.
17Then back at him.
51The sentence wasn’t spoken.
18Chapter 5 — The First Ledger
52Fatigue. Contempt. Maybe a final act of control.
19A circle with a line through it.
53A long silence.
20Chapter 6 — The Girls with No Country
54Chapter 12 — The List
21Then—
55Empty.
22No history.
56Of men.
23Chapter 7 — What My Mother Knew
57Unmarked.
24Silence.
58“Back room. Now.”
25For a second.
59“Vehicle out back. Move.”
26Transparent.
60This choice.
27“Why.”
61Chapter 13 — After the Funeral
28Commanding.
62Just enough.
29Chapter 8 — The House by the Water
63No sentiment in his face. No manipulation. Just fact.
30Dark. Flat. Endless.
64That, more than his confession, unnerved Elena.
31Is.
65Old habits. Old formality.
32Victor’s gaze didn’t shift.
66“Fair.”
33The doors.
67Epilogue — No Inheritance
34Chapter 9 — The Woman Who Survived
68The thought hurt.
