Ken does not run away, despite Will's urging that he do that, and says that he is sorry for the biggest betrayal of his life-that against Will. Ken and Will fight and Ken has Will on the ground with a gun to his head when the childhood instinct to protect his little brother comes to the forefront. Will believes him but then Katy shows up and reveals that she had been hiding in the basement on the night of Julie's murder and that she saw Ken kill her sister. They arrange a reunion and Ken explains away all the evidence against him, swearing to his innocence. It is through a collaboration between John and Katy that Will makes contact with Ken. He finds Nora and learns her real name as well as her real life story. Will is warned by police to stay away from the case but persists in his search for the truth. Katy pleads with Will to help her track down what really happened to Julie. He is then contacted by Katy Miller, Julie's little sister. At the funeral, he learns the truth-that his girlfriend has been lying about her real identity and that this woman is not the woman he loves. Will learns that Sheila Rogers has been found murdered along a highway and believes it to be his girlfriend. John demands that Will reveal Ken's location but Will insists that he does not know it. One night Will is attacked by a man named John Asselta, known as Ghost, who was a childhood friend of Ken's.

Shortly after his mother's death, Nora leaves a note that says simply that she loves Will, then she disappears.

Will believes that she has run away from an abusive home but discovers that Nora has actually been on the run from an abusive husband. In actuality, she is not Sheila Rogers but is Nora Spring. Aside from the death of his mother, he is happy with his life and deeply in love with his girlfriend whom he knows as Sheila Rogers. Will certainly believes that his brother did not commit the murder. Will's brother Ken was the chief suspect and is still sought by police though many people believe that he is dead.

Will takes a walk through the neighborhood where he grew up and stops at the house where his childhood sweetheart, Julie Miller, was murdered. The story opens with Will Klein attending the funeral of his mother with the support of his girlfriend.

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