Chapter 9 - The Recording of My Father's Last Night Revealed Why He Had Trusted Emma More Than His Own FamilyMy father's voice filled the room.
"If you're hearing this, I'm already dead."
I couldn't breathe.
He explained everything.
He knew Daniel wanted control.
He knew Robert had betrayed him.
He knew Victor was working with them.
He also knew my mother was being manipulated.
But he had trusted Emma.
He had placed shares in her name because he believed she would protect me.
Then he said something that broke me.
"Alex, if you are hearing this, don't seek revenge."
I closed my eyes.
"Build something better."
My father had wanted me to escape the life.
Not inherit it.
He wanted restaurants.
Hotels.
A legitimate empire.
A family.
Emma cried beside me.
I realized my entire life had been shaped by his final wish.
I had spent years fighting monsters.
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But perhaps the greatest victory wasn't destroying them.
It was becoming someone they could never become.
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