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

my own conscience.”

“You had one?”

“Not enough of one.”

“You let me go to prison.”

“You promised seven years.”

“You stood at sentencing and asked for twenty.”

“My father threatened to expose Claire’s birth unless I ended the case permanently.”

“Your father was dead by the time my first parole hearing came.”

“Then why keep me inside?”

Hale’s eyes filled with continue reading …