Chapter 4 - My Father Left Behind a Secret Ledger—And Its First Page Contained the Name of the Man My Family Was ProtectingWe found the ledger inside an old wine cellar.
My father had hidden it behind a false wall.
It contained payments.
Names.
Dates.
Companies.
Judges.
Police officials.
Politicians.
And one name appeared repeatedly.
Daniel Cross.
But beneath it was another.
Victor Hale.
I recognized the name.
Victor had been my father's closest business partner.
He had disappeared shortly after my father's death.
According to the ledger, Victor had been moving money through offshore accounts.
But there was something else.
A handwritten note from my father.
If I die, don't trust the person who tells you it was natural.
I stared at it for a long time.
Emma stood beside me.
"What does it mean?"
"I don't know."
Then I saw another note.
The person closest to the family knows everything.
I looked toward my mother.
She cried.
"I didn't kill him."
"I believe you."
"But I helped hide the truth."
"Then help me uncover it."
She nodded.
That night, she told me about a hidden safe.
My father had kept it in his old office.
But it had disappeared.
We checked security records.
It had been moved two days after his funeral.
By whom?
Michael.
My brother.
I confronted him.
He admitted Daniel ordered him to move it.
"What was inside?"
"I don't know."
"You opened it?"
"No."
"Where is it?"
Michael looked terrified.
"I gave it to Victor."
I stared.
"Victor is alive?"
Michael nodded.
"He came back six months ago."
I felt something cold move through me.
Victor wasn't dead.
He was watching.
May you like
Waiting.
And he had my family under his control.
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