ndows of Elise's house, tracing furrows that blurred the shy light in the morning. Sitting at her office, her gaze lost in
rsts of laughter in her eyes. Behind him, the boat he cherished so much was held proudly, the white veils swollen by the sea wind. Éli
he horizon," he said, his hands on the rudder. "W
oped that this day would come. Today, he only had this photo left,
so clear that it seemed possible to touch the stars. Élise, freshly arrived in this small coastal town to start a job as a restaurateur of works of art,
re, right?" he
ight?" had she rep
bad observer, but that, I d
first moments. Thomas, with his passion for the sea and his maritime travel accounts, had opened a new world
covered from Antoine, an object that seemed to whisper for forgotten truthsShe couldn't help but wonder how man
playing a role in all of this, but her ambiguous behavior left more questions t
nd the memories of their getaways, a card drew its attention. An old sea map, annotated from the neat writing of Thomas. She deployed her on her table, discover
sentence written in red: "Silence
eemed to resonate with what Antoine had told him. She released he
pushed her to return to Antoine's works
shed, but the door was again ajar. With care, Élise entered. The room was immersed in darkness, but a weak ray o
and notes in abbreviation. But it was a photo inserted between two pages which made her stop suddenly: a photo
and faster. An annotation on the back of the photo
sounded behind. She turned suddenly, her breath cut. Antoine wa
" he said calmly, but with a hardness
her. "It is you who hides things, Antoine. This symbol, this com
lowly, but did not r
ise. You don't understand what
stration in her voice. "Tell me what happened to Tho
her indecipherable expression. Th
his noteboo
ll, refusing
you tell me
diance in his gaze betra
inally. "If you want to
andoned for years, was filled with rusty tools and old cases marked by the wear of tim
want to know is i
ng for a key. But something in her attitude bore
ath. Inside, documents, personal objects from Thomas,?" she asked, th
s was trying to prote
hat if all this was only another manipulation? Antoine was perhaps directing her towards a false track, leading her further from the
e had hoped to find clear answers, but everything she saw only won more questions. The documents seeme
what it means," she said,
the box, looked at her for
im. He did not know what he was committed to
eem to know everything I don't know?"
, as if he was look
boat ... Something he shouldn't
ng a document that she had just extracted from the cash register: an expedition r
ortant? Who are these people who seem to control every
a nervous han
questions, you risk ... attract
ated in the night. Antoine, suddenly tense, turned off the to
whispered, his almo
ilhouettes, and although she could not hear their words, she felt palpable tension in the air. Antoine se
gar, and the engines moved away in the night. Antoine got
llowed you," he
although her mind began to ass
questions," he replied, his
ests. Throughout the way, she could not help but go back to the events of the evening: the box, the c
the house, Antoine turned
e me to drop it
ook he
ine. Thomas dese
" he whispered, before turning the h
o take discreetly of the hangar and tried to analyze them. Some seemed linked to maritime routes, others con
key. Valmont is the
hat constantly returned to this investigation. If it was the beginning, as this note
workshop, where he stood in front of his office, his hands trembling. He open
spered, his eyes staring at Tho
end up discovering what he had done. But he hoped to be able to delay this moment as lo