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Chapter 616 - A Conversation Across Time and Space

Aaron finally understood. "So Matt must've thought Curtis had discovered his secret—and ran off in a panic."

 

Selina nodded firmly. "Then keep digging."

 

About half an hour later, they unearthed an iron box.

 

Selina's eyes lit up. She brushed the dirt away and saw a small combination lock on it.

 

Aaron muttered, "Want me to just pry it open?"

 

Breaking open a box like that would've been easy enough—the lock was more symbolic than secure.

 

But Selina shook her head, then calmly entered a set of numbers. With a crisp click, the lock popped open.

 

Aaron stared, wide-eyed. "Wait—what was the code? How did you even know it?"

 

The box had just been dug up—how could she possibly know the combination?

 

Selina replied evenly, "It's the date my mother got pregnant with me."

 

Inside lay a single envelope, neatly sealed and marked: For Selina.

 

It was unmistakably a letter from Curtis—written to the daughter he'd never lived to meet.

 

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