Chapter 9 - My Father Took Adrien’s Son Because He Knew Love Was the One Weapon None of Us Could IgnoreDaniel was held in an abandoned mansion.
The same mansion where my father had raised me.
Adrien wanted to attack immediately.
I stopped him.
“He'll kill Daniel.”
He looked at me.
“What do you suggest?”
“We negotiate.”
“Lena.”
“He wants the database.”
“We give him something else.”
“What?”
“Me.”
Adrien shook his head.
“No.”
“He wants me.”
“I won't trade you.”
“Then he kills your son.”
His face broke.
For the first time, I saw pure fear.
Not for himself.
For Daniel.
“I can't lose him.”
“I know.”
We went.
My father waited.
Daniel sat beside him.
He looked frightened.
But alive.
I stepped forward.
“Let him go.”
“Give me the database.”
I handed over a drive.
He smiled.
“Open it.”
I did.
The screens came alive.
Names.
Accounts.
Everything.
My father smiled.
Then froze.
The files were encrypted.
He couldn't access them.
“What did you do?”
“I changed the key.”
“To what?”
“My mother's name.”
He stared.
“She would hate you.”
“No.”
I shook my head.
“She would love me.”
Adrien moved.
He freed Daniel.
My father raised his gun.
Then someone shot him.
He collapsed.
I turned.
Marcus.
Alive.
Again.
He laughed.
“You thought it was over.”
Adrien fired.
Marcus escaped.
My father survived.
Police arrived.
He was arrested.
Daniel was safe.
For a moment, I thought it was finished.
But my father smiled from the ambulance.
“You still don't know the truth.”
I stepped closer.
“What truth?”
He whispered:
“You are not my daughter.”
I froze.
“What?”
He smiled.
Then the ambulance doors closed.
I looked at my mother.
She had arrived with the police.
She stared at me.
I knew.
“Mom.”
She began crying.
“What does he mean?”
She whispered:
May you like
“You were adopted.”
My world disappeared.
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