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

man whose entire guilt had been constructed by another person.

For the first time in decades, I understood the shape of what had happened.

I had not been protecting Claire from herself.

I had been protecting Malcolm Hale from the truth.

## PART FIVE
## WHAT THE STORM RETURNED

Malcolm Hale regained consciousness the following morning.

He was ninety-one years continue reading …