"Looking at the time of death carved on the tombstone, Raeleigh then drifted her gaze to Jepherson and said, ""That time, you asked me to help take care of Santiago because you wanted to deal with Lamarre's funeral?"""

Jepherson lowered his eyes and produced a small notebook from his pocket to Raeleigh. "He left you this."

"Raeleigh took it and opened the notebook. The first page was blank, but the rest of the book was scribbled with some words that Lamarre had wanted to say."

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"Raeleigh, I'm leaving. Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye.

I had nothing to be proud of in my life. I had people...