Chapter 6 - The Man Who Had Stalked Me for Weeks Wasn't Trying to Kidnap Me—He Was Trying to Find My FatherWe escaped through the basement.
Vincent carried me.
My mother followed.
The gunmen disappeared before police arrived.
But the ledger was gone.
Someone had taken it.
Vincent blamed himself.
I didn't.
“You protected me.”
“I failed to protect the book.”
“You can find another.”
He looked at me.
“It's not another book.”
“Why?”
“Because that ledger can destroy powerful people.”
“Will they hurt us?”
“Yes.”
He didn't lie.
That made me trust him more.
We hid at one of Vincent's properties.
A huge old mansion outside the city.
There were guards everywhere.
I was given a bedroom.
But I couldn't sleep.
At midnight, Vincent knocked.
“Can I come in?”
I nodded.
He sat beside the door.
“Your father was my father's enemy.”
“Were you?”
“No.”
“Then why did you help him?”
“Because your father saved me.”
I looked at him.
“What happened?”
“When I was sixteen, my father's men turned against me.”
“Why?”
“Because they wanted to use me.”
“Use you for what?”
“To control the organization.”
“Did your father help?”
“No.”
“My father did.”
Vincent looked away.
“Jonathan found me.”
“He hid me.”
“He taught me how to survive.”
“Then one day, he disappeared.”
I whispered:
“Because of Victor.”
Vincent nodded.
I asked the question that had been frightening me for days.
“Is my father really alive?”
Vincent looked at me.
“Yes.”
“Will I see him?”
“I'll find him.”
“How?”
He smiled slightly.
“By following the evidence.”
I looked toward the window.
“Then let's find him.”
Vincent nodded.
“We will.”
The next morning, Samuel returned.
He brought news.
“Jonathan is moving.”
“Where?”
“Back to the city.”
Vincent looked at me.
“Why?”
Samuel handed him a note.
I'M COMING FOR MY DAUGHTER.
My heart raced.
“My dad is coming?”
Samuel nodded.
“But there's a problem.”
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“What?”
“Victor knows.”
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