Chapter 7 - The Woman in My Husband’s Bentley Wasn't His Lover—She Was an Informant Who Had Been Trying to Warn MeVanessa contacted me.
I expected hatred.
Instead, she was crying.
“I need to tell you something.”
I met her privately.
She gave me documents.
She wasn't Derek's true partner.
She had been working undercover.
The emerald bracelet had been borrowed.
She had been investigating Lorraine.
“What?”
“Lorraine threatened me.”
“Why?”
“She wanted me to help her take your trust.”
“You agreed?”
“I pretended to.”
She had been gathering evidence.
The bracelet contained a hidden tracking device.
She used it to monitor conversations.
That explained why it had been in the Bentley.
I apologized.
She shook her head.
“You didn't know.”
“What about Derek?”
“He believes I was helping him.”
“Were you?”
“No.”
She handed me one final file.
Lorraine had been planning something worse.
She wanted Caleb kidnapped.
A ransom.
Then the trust.
I felt sick.
I called Grandpa.
“Lorraine needs to be stopped.”
He nodded.
“She will be.”
The authorities were ready.
The evidence was enough.
Lorraine was arrested.
The entire scheme collapsed.
Derek's charges increased.
The criminal network around the family began falling apart.
For the first time, I realized my grandfather wasn't simply powerful.
He had enemies everywhere.
And by becoming his heir, I had inherited some.
But I had also inherited his protection.
More importantly, I had my own voice now.
I wasn't the woman living in the trailer.
I was a mother.
A granddaughter.
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A survivor.
And I wasn't going back.
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