Chapter 6 - Victor Returned With a Gun and Offered Me My Daughters’ Lives in Exchange for Claire’s EvidenceVictor called at midnight.
“You have Ethan.”
I said nothing.
“You found the truth.”
“Yes.”
He laughed.
“You always were slow.”
My hands tightened.
“Where are my daughters?”
“Safe.”
“Prove it.”
A video arrived.
Sophie.
Lily.
Grace.
They were sleeping.
A man stood behind them.
Victor.
I felt sick.
“You touch them and I kill you.”
“You don't have the courage.”
“Try me.”
He laughed.
“Bring the pendant.”
“I don't have it.”
“You will.”
He gave me an address.
An old farmhouse.
“Come alone.”
I looked at Ethan.
He shook his head.
“It's a trap.”
“I know.”
Emma stepped forward.
“I'm coming.”
“No.”
“That's my family.”
I stared at her.
She looked terrified.
But determined.
“No one else should have to save my family alone.”
We went.
The farmhouse was surrounded.
Victor stood outside.
He had changed.
The calm manager was gone.
This was the real man.
Cold.
Calculating.
Dangerous.
He held a gun.
“You brought the waitress.”
“She saved my daughters.”
Victor laughed.
“She was always a problem.”
I looked at him.
“You killed Claire?”
He smiled.
“No.”
“Then who?”
“Claire died because she refused to cooperate.”
My blood froze.
“What did you do?”
“I gave her a choice.”
“What choice?”
“Give me the trust.”
“She refused.”
“So I threatened the babies.”
Claire had been pregnant.
Victor had threatened her unborn children.
She had refused.
Then the complications came.
Victor didn't cause her death directly.
But he had created the circumstances.
That truth hurt more than murder.
“You're a monster.”
He smiled.
“I'm a businessman.”
Then Ethan stepped forward.
“You're finished.”
Victor pointed his gun.
“No.”
He looked at me.
“Tonight, everyone loses.”
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A gunshot rang out.
The lights went dark.
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