Chapter 5 - Anthony Moretti Had Turned the Hospital Into a Trap, and His Men Were Already Waiting Outside My Daughter’s NurseryThe hospital was surrounded.
Victor's people moved through the back entrances.
Police were already there.
But Anthony's organization had infiltrated the security system.
Elevators stopped.
Emergency lights flickered.
Doors locked.
The hospital became a maze.
We reached the maternity wing.
Lily's crib was empty.
I screamed.
“No!”
Victor grabbed my arm.
“Wait.”
The crib wasn't empty.
A blanket remained.
Under it was a note.
Bring the locket to the nineteenth floor.
Victor's face hardened.
Anthony wanted me.
Not just Lily.
He needed me to access the archive.
I looked at Claire.
“Can you open it?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“It requires the mother.”
I touched the locket.
Me.
I was the key.
Victor stared.
“You don't have to go.”
“Yes, I do.”
He shook his head.
“No.”
I looked at him.
“Your family started this.”
“Yes.”
“And my daughter is paying for it.”
“Yes.”
“Then I'm ending it.”
We reached the nineteenth floor.
It was empty.
Except for Anthony.
He held Lily.
She was crying.
“Mommy!”
I moved forward.
Anthony raised a gun.
“Stay there.”
Victor stepped forward.
“Let her go.”
Anthony laughed.
“You're still protecting Elena's bloodline.”
Victor's face hardened.
“She is my family.”
“No.”
Anthony looked at me.
“She is the archive.”
I stared.
“What is the Rossi archive?”
“Proof.”
“Of what?”
“Everything.”
He pointed to the locket.
“Your mother stole it.”
“She protected it.”
“She betrayed the family.”
“You betrayed everyone.”
Anthony smiled.
“Maybe.”
He placed Lily in a chair.
She was terrified.
I stepped forward.
“Give me the locket.”
I removed it.
Anthony's eyes brightened.
“Open it.”
“How?”
“Against the stone.”
He pointed to a mark on the wall.
I pressed the locket.
Nothing.
Anthony's face changed.
“Again.”
I tried.
The crescent glowed faintly.
A hidden door opened.
Behind it was a vault.
Records.
Files.
Photographs.
Everything.
Anthony smiled.
“We finally have it.”
Victor looked at me.
“Don't open anything.”
Anthony laughed.
“Too late.”
But before he could enter, Lily started crying harder.
She was feverish again.
I ran toward her.
Anthony stepped back.
“You're not taking her.”
Victor pulled his weapon.
Anthony raised his.
Then Claire appeared.
She shouted:
“Emma!”
I turned.
She pointed at the vault.
“There is another entrance.”
We had a chance.
I grabbed Lily.
Victor covered us.
Claire led us through a hidden passage.
The vault sealed behind us.
Anthony screamed.
We escaped.
But he now had access to the archive.
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And he knew how to open it.
We had to beat him to the evidence.
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