Chapter 6 - Lorenzo's Dead Brother Finally Returned—And Revealed Why Isabella Had Been Targeted Since BirthMateo arrived at dawn.
He looked older than the photographs.
Tired.
Scarred.
But unmistakably Lorenzo's brother.
Lorenzo aimed a gun at him.
“You're supposed to be dead.”
“I needed everyone to believe that.”
“Why?”
“To protect Isabella.”
Mateo explained everything.
Years earlier, he had discovered that Gabriel Varga and Mrs. Carlisle had created a plan to control Lorenzo through Isabella.
They wanted Isabella to inherit everything.
Then they wanted control of her medical care.
Because whoever controlled the medicine controlled Lorenzo.
Mateo had tried to expose them.
They nearly killed him.
So he disappeared.
But Mrs. Carlisle remained inside the estate.
She became the perfect insider.
She slowly gained access.
Eventually, she recruited Vivien.
Vivien thought she was helping her father.
She didn't know Gabriel had another goal.
He wanted Lorenzo dead.
Vivien realized the truth too late.
That's why she had planted the medication in Emma's backpack.
She needed to create chaos while preparing the real attack.
She had never intended to sacrifice Isabella.
She intended to use the missing medication story to distract everyone.
I looked at Lorenzo.
“What about my daughter?”
Mateo's expression changed.
“She was collateral.”
My stomach tightened.
“Who was supposed to take her?”
“Mrs. Carlisle.”
“She wanted Emma?”
“No.”
He hesitated.
“She wanted Emma's medical records.”
“Why?”
Mateo looked at me.
“Because Gabriel believes there is something unusual about Emma's medical history.”
I laughed bitterly.
“My daughter has a heart condition.”
“Yes.”
“That's all.”
Mateo shook his head.
“No.”
He handed me an old medical report.
It had Emma's name.
And another name underneath.
Isabella.
The girls shared a genetic marker.
A rare one.
Something that made them medically important to someone.
I stared at the report.
“What does this mean?”
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Mateo lowered his voice.
“It means someone has been studying your daughter's condition since before you started working here.”
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