Chapter 7 - Emily Came Back After Twenty Years—and the First Thing She Did Was Kneel Beside My WheelchairShe arrived before sunrise.
No dramatic entrance.
No security convoy.
Just a woman standing beneath the oak tree.
Older.
Thinner.
Gray beginning in her hair.
But her eyes were exactly the same.
I knew her immediately.
"Emily."
She cried.
I did too.
For a moment, twenty years disappeared.
Then she walked toward me.
She knelt beside my wheelchair.
Her hand touched mine.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't."
"I should have found you."
"You were protecting us."
She nodded.
Then she looked at Sammy.
He ran to her.
She hugged him.
I watched.
That was my family.
The family I had never known existed.
Then Emily looked at me.
"Richard knows."
"About Sammy?"
"About everything."
"What does he want?"
"Your father's hidden account."
I frowned.
"My father had an account?"
"He hid billions."
My eyes widened.
"Where?"
"Under your name."
"Why?"
"Because he knew that if you inherited it, you would eventually uncover the network."
I stared.
"Did he leave it for me?"
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"No."
"He left it for Sammy."
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