Chapter 9 - Samuel Invited Me to Dinner Like Nothing Had Happened—So I Sat Across From the Man Who Had Destroyed My Family and Pretended I Knew NothingSamuel smiled when I entered.
“Alessandro.”
“Uncle.”
He hugged me.
I wanted to kill him.
Instead, I smiled.
“How are you?”
“Better now that you're home.”
He looked at Maya.
Then his face changed.
Only slightly.
But enough.
“You found her.”
I nodded.
“Yes.”
He poured wine.
“Isabella would be happy.”
“You knew?”
He looked at me.
“Knew what?”
“That Maya was alive.”
Silence.
Then Samuel laughed.
“You've always been suspicious.”
“I learned from you.”
He smiled.
“You think I killed Isabella.”
“I don't think.”
I placed the ledger on the table.
“I know.”
Samuel's expression disappeared.
Then he reached for a gun.
I was faster.
But before I could move, the room exploded.
Windows shattered.
Gunfire erupted.
Maya screamed.
Samuel grabbed her.
I fired.
He escaped through the rear door.
Marco rushed inside.
“Boss!”
“Maya!”
She was gone.
Samuel had taken her.
May you like
And on the table he had left a note.
BRING THE LEDGER TO THE CHURCH WHERE ISABELLA DIED.
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