Chapter 6 – Walter's Secret

Chapter 6 – Walter's Secret
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One evening Adrian visited Walter again.
"I still don't understand why you risked your career."
Walter smiled.
"I wasn't risking it."
"I already lost what mattered."
He pulled a faded photograph from his wallet.
A young woman.
A smiling husband.
A little girl.
"My daughter."
"She died after losing her apartment."
"Too proud to tell me."
"They found her in her car."
Walter looked away.
"When I found Marissa...
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I wasn't saving strangers."
"I was apologizing to my daughter."