# She Was Buried Beneath the Snow. He Was Buried Beneath the Truth.

told me.”

“Would she?”

My mouth went dry.

“What were the letters about?”

“I only read one.”

Claire’s voice became quiet.

“Hale wrote that he had kept his promise for seventeen years, but he would not keep it forever.”

“What promise?”

“Was he threatening her?”

“Maybe.”

She closed her eyes, searching memory.

“Mom took the letter from me and burned it over the kitchen continue reading …