Royal 🖤 @r0mantics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Joseph's aunt tucks it away in the safe with all her important documents, so he can read it when he's older.) They changed his last name, too. Joseph takes his mother's maiden name so there's no association between him and the murders. It's a protective measure; + 120
Royal 🖤 @r0mantics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026as far as the public knows, Joseph Riley died with his family. ...That's it? Well Simon's supposed to be dead. Sure, he's been proven innocent, but if he suddenly shows up, then it begs the question of, if the body wasn't him, then who was it? + 120
Royal 🖤 @r0mantics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Which would then lead to a whole investigation into that, and Simon definitely did commit *that* murder, so. Even once he finishes his revenge tour, Ghost stays away. In his mind, he has no family, he *is* just a ghost. (It's safer to think that way; at least that's what he tells himself.) + 120