Elara Don returned home and received a call from an unknown caller.
She wasn't in the habit of rejecting calls, so she answered.
"Who is this?"
"Miss Thorne, it's Jack Clarke."
A man's deep voice crackled over the line.
Elara Don was startled and immediately became alert.
"Jack Clarke, how did you get my number?"
"You're a celebrity now; getting your number wasn't too difficult,"
Jack Clarke replied in a grave voice.
Elara hurriedly asked, ignoring the implications: "Are you calling because you've thought it through? Do you want to tell me the truth about my mother's death years ago?"
She had eavesdropped on Jack Clarke asking for money over the phone from someone behind the scenes, so why was he suddenly calling her?
"Yes, because of something you said, I understand now. I have a daughter too, and I can empathize," Jack Clarke said.
Elara furrowed her brow, a flicker of doubt crossing her eyes.
Did he really have a change of heart?
