Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 552

Mrs. Higgins sounded frantic.

"Ms. Whitaker, did Mr. Whitaker really go on television and claim your mother was emotionally unstable?"

Wren stepped out of the conference room to take the call.

"You saw it?"

"How could I not?" Mrs. Higgins's voice trembled with fury. "He's spouting lies. Your mother was furious back then. She was exhausted and driven to the point of insomnia by them, but her mind was perfectly clear."

Wren leaned against the hallway wall.

"Mrs. Higgins, take a deep breath. Tell me exactly what you remember."

Mrs. Higgins took a few shaky breaths.

"I remembered something. Right before your mother passed away, she came home looking terribly pale. She was holding a manila envelope and said someone was trying to frame her as unfit to continue working on the project."

Wren's chest tightened.

"What kind of manila envelope?"

"I didn't get a good look at it. She put it inside The Cobalt Folder," Mrs. Higgins said. "But she said something back then that I remember to this day."

Wren gripped her phone tighter.

"What did she say?"

Mrs. Higgins's voice turned hoarse.

"She said, 'If they ever claim I've gone crazy one day, don't believe them.'"

Every sound in the hallway seemed to vanish in that instant.

Wren stood perfectly still, her mother's handwriting flashing before her eyes.

Pending ethical review supplements, no confirmation granted.

Vivian had known all along.

She knew they would brand her as overly emotional.

They would call her out of touch with reality.

They would even label her as unstable.

Wren closed her eyes.

When she opened them, only a piercing, lucid coldness remained.