Chapter 6 - Elias Marconi Revealed Why Sophia’s Family Had Been Protected for Twenty Years, and the Truth Connected Her Daughter to a Secret My Father Died Trying to HideWe found Elias in an abandoned theater.
Thomas was alive.
Sophia stayed behind.
Luca and Emma were protected.
I entered alone.
Elias smiled.
“Alessandro.”
“Elias.”
“You look like your father.”
“I don't take that as a compliment.”
He laughed.
“Your father ruined everything.”
“How?”
“He tried to dismantle the Circle.”
“The Circle?”
“The network.”
He explained.
My father had been involved.
But he wanted out.
He helped several families escape.
One was Sophia's.
Why?
Her father had discovered evidence that Elias was moving money through children's charities.
Sophia's father copied everything.
Then vanished.
Elias wanted the evidence.
My father protected the family.
Thomas was assigned to watch them.
But when my father died, Thomas was pressured.
Elias threatened his daughter.
Thomas cooperated.
The debt documents were created.
Sophia became the perfect scapegoat.
And Emma became the accidental witness.
“What does Emma know?”
“Enough.”
“What did she see?”
“Your warehouse.”
“The transaction?”
“Yes.”
“Who was there?”
“Someone else.”
“Who?”
Elias smiled.
“Luca.”
I stared.
“My son?”
“He saw the same thing.”
I felt cold.
Luca had been with Emma at the diner months earlier.
Could he have seen something too?
No.
He was six.
But children notice things.
Elias continued:
“They saw your man deliver the ledger.”
I froze.
“Which man?”
Elias looked at Thomas.
Thomas said:
“My security chief.”
My chief.
The man who had told me Unit 418 was empty.
He had been involved too.
He had helped Elias.
The conspiracy was inside my organization.
Deep.
Elias wanted the children because they were witnesses.
I looked at him.
“You're done.”
He laughed.
“Not yet.”
He opened a door.
Sophia was there.
Alive.
She had been captured while moving.
My heart stopped.
I stepped forward.
Elias raised a gun.
“Now we negotiate.”
I looked at Sophia.
Then at Thomas.
Then at Elias.
The old me would have killed him.
The new me wanted something else.
Justice.
Evidence.
May you like
I activated the recording device hidden in my watch.
“Let's talk.”
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