Chapter 4 - My Son Disappeared for Eleven Minutes, and Those Eleven Minutes Nearly Destroyed MeThe mansion went into lockdown.
Every door sealed.
Every guard moved.
Cameras activated.
I shouted Eli's name until my throat hurt.
Nothing.
Then Daniel found the footage.
A figure had entered through the garden.
He wore a maintenance uniform.
He carried a toolbox.
And he had taken Eli through a service corridor.
Eleven minutes earlier.
My hands shook.
“Find him.”
“We're trying.”
I didn't wait.
I followed the trail.
It led to an underground tunnel beneath the mansion.
The tunnel hadn't been used in years.
I found Eli's stuffed wolf on the floor.
Then I heard him crying.
“Dad!”
I ran.
A man held him near the exit.
Victor Kane.
He smiled.
“You finally found something you love.”
I raised my gun.
“Let him go.”
Kane laughed.
“You think this is about money?”
“No.”
“This is about blood.”
He pushed Eli forward.
I caught him.
Kane disappeared through the tunnel.
Eli was shaking.
I held him.
“Are you hurt?”
“No.”
“Did he touch you?”
“No.”
“Did he say anything?”
Eli nodded.
“He said you're not really my dad.”
I froze.
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“He said my real dad was a Crowe.”
My heart stopped.
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