Chapter 4 - Thomas Revealed My Father Had Left Behind a Hidden Trust That Could Only Be Accessed Through Liam, and Suddenly My Newborn Son Became the Most Valuable Person in the CountryThomas had been captured.
But I refused to let anyone hurt him until I knew the truth.
He sat in a secured hospital conference room.
His hands trembled.
“You want answers.”
“Yes.”
“Your father created a trust.”
“How much?”
“It isn't about money.”
“Then what?”
“Control.”
I stared.
Thomas continued.
“Your father was part of a consortium called The Meridian Circle.”
I knew the name.
Every powerful criminal family had whispered about it.
Thomas explained that the Circle controlled billions in hidden assets.
But the money was secondary.
The real power was information.
Evidence against politicians.
Judges.
Executives.
Government officials.
The consortium could destroy governments.
My father wanted out.
He created a secret succession clause.
His heir could dissolve the Circle.
But the heir required a direct male descendant.
Liam.
I stared.
“My son?”
“Yes.”
“Why did my father choose him?”
“He didn't.”
Thomas looked exhausted.
“The trust was written before Liam existed.”
“Then how did it know?”
“Genetic markers.”
I felt sick.
“That's impossible.”
“No.”
Thomas continued.
“Your father's lawyers knew your bloodline.”
“The bloodline was monitored.”
My father's bloodline.
My mother's.
A hidden genetic network.
Liam had triggered the succession clause by being born.
That explained the alert.
The hospital had been connected to the Circle.
When Liam's blood was tested, the system recognized him.
The network activated.
People were notified.
My mother.
Chloe.
Thomas.
Everyone.
I asked:
“Why did my mother take the money?”
“Because she was afraid.”
“Afraid of what?”
“That you would activate the trust.”
“I didn't know it existed.”
“Neither did she.”
“Then why take the money?”
Thomas looked away.
“To leave the country.”
My mother hadn't gone to Miami for a vacation.
She was preparing to flee.
With Chloe.
Without me.
Because someone had promised them protection.
“Who?”
Thomas whispered:
“Victor Hale.”
I knew that name.
My father's former partner.
A man who had supposedly died five years earlier.
Apparently, he hadn't.
Thomas gave me a final document.
A contract.
My mother's signature.
Chloe's.
And one condition:
Liam Carter must be surrendered.
I felt like I couldn't breathe.
“She agreed?”
Thomas shook his head.
“She signed before he revealed the final clause.”
“What clause?”
“He wanted the baby.”
I looked toward the window.
Liam was sleeping.
Maya was beside him.
I realized the entire neglect operation had been designed to make Maya weak.
If she died, custody would become mine.
If I were killed, Liam would become unprotected.
Victor could take him.
The fourteen thousand dollars wasn't stolen for luxury.
It was used to isolate them.
Make them helpless.
Then take the child.
I stood.
“Where is Victor?”
Thomas stared.
“You don't want to find him.”
“Why?”
“Because your father trusted him.”
May you like
I smiled coldly.
“So did I.”
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