Chapter 7 - The Truth About Adrian's Father
Frank confessed.
He had helped murder Adrian's father.
But he wasn't the mastermind.
The mastermind had been Adrian's father's closest partner.
A man who had vanished twenty years ago.
He had created the entire network.
And he was still alive.
Adrian's mother knew his name.
She finally revealed it.
“Thomas Whitmore.”
Adrian froze.
“My uncle?”
She nodded.
His father's brother.
The man everyone thought had died overseas.
He had returned secretly.
And he had been controlling Frank for years.
Adrian's world collapsed.
His own uncle had destroyed his family.
But there was one thing Thomas hadn't anticipated.
Megan.
He thought I was just a waitress.
A single mother.
A nobody.
He was wrong.
I had copies of every document.
Every account.
Every payment.
Every recording.
I handed everything to federal investigators.
Thomas was arrested three weeks later.
Frank pleaded guilty.
The corruption network collapsed.
And Harbor and Vine was permanently closed.
Adrian offered me another job.
This time, I accepted.
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Not because I needed his money.
Because I wanted to help rebuild what had been broken.
