Chapter 18 - THE TRUTH ABOUT VICTOR HALEVictor's name was finally cleared.
Not completely.
He had still committed crimes.
He had still stolen Celeste's work.
He had still betrayed people.
But he had not created the original lie.
Adrian had used him.
When the police opened Victor's old files, they found a letter.
It had been written shortly before his death.
The letter was addressed to Lila.
Lila,
You will hate me.
You should.
I stole from your mother.
I lied.
I helped Adrian.
But there is one thing you must know.
I tried to stop him.
The letter continued.
Victor had discovered that Adrian intended to use Lila.
He had tried to find the second finale.
Not to control it.
To destroy it.
But Adrian had found out.
The last line read:
I was not a good man. But I was not the worst man in that room.
Lila folded the letter.
She did not forgive Victor.
But she finally understood him.
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Sometimes the truth did not turn villains into heroes.
Sometimes it only showed how complicated a person had been.
