Summary

Part 2, Chapter 17

Paul rummages through the file folder on the Lefevre painting ‘The Girl You Left Behind.” He hopes the painting is not the same as the one at Liv’s house, but he is terrified to discover they are the same paintings. Online, he comes across an obituary for David Halston, 38 years old, who has died in Lisbon. The suspected cause is an undiagnosed heart failure. He is survived by his wife Olivia Halston. She is 28 years old. According to the file brief, the painting was stolen from a hotel shortly after the painter’s wife was taken into custody by German forces in early 1917. Paul is heartbroken. Liv, meanwhile, believes Paul has left her, for he literally ran out of the room. Paul tells the situation to his brother Greg. It has been two nights since he has...