Chapter 8 - Matteo Kidnapped Marcus to Force Me to Recover the Last Missing Page of the Ledger, but Eva Discovered Where He Was HidingMarcus disappeared.
I knew within minutes.
His room was empty.
One window open.
A message on the bed.
Bring Page 117.
I searched the ledger.
Page 117 was missing.
I didn't know what it contained.
Eva did.
She pointed at the ledger.
“That's where Daniel stopped.”
“What?”
She explained.
Daniel had shown her something before disappearing.
A map.
A building.
A number.
I found it.
An abandoned theater.
We went.
Matteo was there.
Marcus was tied to a chair.
I walked inside.
“Let him go.”
Matteo smiled.
“You've become sentimental.”
“That's what happens when you have something worth protecting.”
He raised a gun.
“Give me the page.”
I held it up.
“First, Marcus.”
He shook his head.
“You don't understand.”
“You'll never control anything again.”
He laughed.
“Maybe not.”
Then he looked toward Eva.
“But I can still destroy what you love.”
Eva stepped forward.
“No.”
Matteo stared.
She continued:
“You're scared.”
He laughed.
“Of what?”
“Of people finding out.”
She had found her voice.
And now she used it without fear.
Matteo's expression changed.
I knew he was finished.
Federal agents entered.
He dropped his weapon.
Marcus was safe.
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Matteo was arrested.
The war ended.
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