Adrien found himself adrift in a stagnant pool of inspiration, so he accepted a proposition from Albert, an elderly gentleman eager to finally tell the story of Solange, the woman who had occupied his heart for a lifetime. He would be the o…

Nora shared Adrien’s manuscript with his publisher. In the 1970s, Albert and Solange spent summers steeped in violence along the French Riviera.

Carrel discovers a significant clue in the long-unsolved murder of Powell. Meanwhile, as his connection with Nora weakens, Adrien begins to make contact with Albert’s associates.

Albert often thinks back to a time when he narrowly avoided disaster, and to a difficult period involving Solange. Adrien is succumbing to old temptations. Meanwhile, Mathilde is investigating the vanishing of Carrel.

Upon learning of the connection between Albert and Nastya, Adrien insisted they complete the manuscript. He did not, however, anticipate his own inclusion in the final narrative.

A year had passed. Then, a single witness account propelled Adrien back to Brussels, drawn by a renewed quest for truth. With this, Mathilde’s pursuit of Carrel reached its conclusion.