Chapter 29 The Locked Room Revealed

• Roman's POV
• The whiskey burned on its way down, but it did little to dull the storm raging in my head. I'd spent a lifetime pretending that past scars didn't exist, but Margaret's words had pierced me deeply. My father's shadow, which I had struggled so hard to avoid, loomed greater than before.
• But there was truly no way out. No matter how far you ran, the past had a way of getting back at you.