Chapter 3 - Adrian Finally Saw the Security Footage—and Realized the Woman He Had Arrested Was the One Who Saved His DaughterAdrian had refused to believe me.
Until Dante showed him the footage.
The cameras had been disabled.
But one backup camera hadn't.
It showed me walking behind the estate.
Then stopping.
Then hearing something.
Then opening the dumpster.
Then pulling Emma out.
Adrian watched the footage twice.
Then a third time.
He didn't speak.
Karen stood behind him.
Her hands trembled.
Adrian noticed.
“Why are you shaking?”
“I’m not.”
He turned.
“Look at me.”
Karen raised her eyes.
“You said she threw Emma away.”
“I saw her.”
“No.”
Adrian pointed at the screen.
“You saw her find Emma.”
Karen's face went white.
Dante stepped closer.
“Boss.”
Adrian looked at him.
“Find the woman.”
“She’s in jail.”
Adrian's expression hardened.
“Get her out.”
Karen whispered,
“You can't.”
Adrian turned.
“What did you say?”
“You can't release her.”
“Why?”
Karen backed away.
“Because if she talks…”
Adrian's eyes narrowed.
“If she talks about what?”
Karen ran.
Dante caught her before she reached the door.
Adrian looked at her.
“You're going to tell me everything.”
Karen cried.
“I didn't hurt Emma.”
“Who did?”
She shook her head.
“Who?”
“I don't know.”
Adrian stepped closer.
Karen whispered,
“Rachel.”
Adrian froze.
“Rachel is dead.”
Karen looked at him.
“No.”
She began crying.
“She isn't.”
Then Adrian remembered something.
Three years earlier, his father had warned him about one woman.
A woman who could destroy the Valente family.
Rachel Moore.
A woman Adrian believed was dead.
Now she was alive.
And she had targeted his daughter.
Adrian ordered my release.
But before he could reach the jail, another message arrived.
A photograph of Emma.
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Attached was one sentence.
You arrested the wrong woman.
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