Chapter 7 - MARGARET'S LAST MISTAKEMargaret wasn't perfect.
Rachel discovered that too.
Her mother had known something was wrong months before her death.
She collected evidence.
Created Box 314.
Hid the key.
But she didn't immediately tell Rachel.
Why?
Pride.
Margaret had never liked admitting family problems publicly.
She believed she could confront Daniel privately.
Fix him.
Protect the family name.
She waited too long.
Then the stroke came.
Her elaborate backup plan left a three-year-old holding the key.
Rachel cried when she understood.
Even the person who tried to save them had made a terrible mistake.
Secrets remained dangerous even when kept for protective reasons.
Margaret should have told her daughter.
She didn't.
The key almost vanished because of it.
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Rachel refused to romanticize that.
Love didn't make every decision wise.
