Chapter 10 - My Daughter Was the One Person Who Could Reach Her Mother When Everyone Else Had FailedElena was being held in an abandoned church.
Nico wanted me to come.
I prepared the team.
Lily refused to stay behind.
“No.”
“You're staying here.”
“Mommy needs me.”
She was right.
Nico had underestimated her again.
We entered the church.
Elena was tied to a chair.
Nico stood behind her.
He raised his weapon.
Then Lily stepped forward.
“Uncle Nico?”
He froze.
She walked closer.
“You're the man from the pictures.”
Nico stared at her.
“You remember me?”
“Yes.”
He lowered the gun.
Lily continued.
“You look sad.”
For a moment, he looked like a broken man rather than a monster.
Then he admitted the truth.
He had hated me because he believed my father loved me more.
He wanted everything I had.
But he had never expected Lily.
She had changed the equation.
Nico surrendered.
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But as police arrived, my father appeared.
And he wasn't alone.
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