Chapter 8 - The Ledger Isabella Hid Inside Maya’s Bracelet Contained Every Secret My Family Had Buried for Thirty YearsThe silver bracelet contained a tiny data chip.
Inside were names.
Payments.
Judges.
Police officers.
Politicians.
Murder orders.
Everything.
But one file was encrypted.
Samuel's name appeared beside it.
I felt something inside me die.
He had been stealing from the family for decades.
But that wasn't the worst part.
He had arranged Isabella's murder.
He had arranged my father's death.
He had even ordered the attack that killed my mother.
My entire life had been manipulated.
Maya watched me.
“Daddy?”
I forced a smile.
“I'm okay.”
“You're crying.”
“I know.”
She wiped my cheek.
I laughed softly.
“Your mother used to do that.”
Maya smiled.
“I remember.”
That night, I promised her something.
“No one will ever take you again.”
She wrapped her arms around me.
“I know.”
For the first time, I understood what Isabella had sacrificed.
She hadn't abandoned me.
She had saved our daughter.
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And now I had one final thing to do.
Find Samuel.
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