The Confession Envelope

Rain hammered the city as Elias arrived at the final location. The instructions were

simple: hand over the envelope, walk away, never look back.

Instead, Elias opened it. Inside was a confession. His confession rewritten,

sharpened, weaponized proof that he had once let another man take the blame

for a crime Elias committed in desperation, proof that it haunted him ever

since. The phone rang. "Last chance," the voice said. Elias stepped forward,

not toward the exchange point, but into the open light of the security cameras

he'd noticed hours earlier. With shaking hands, he called emergency services and spoke