Chapter 5 - The Woman Who Pretended to Be My Friend Had Been Feeding Information to Alessandro’s Enemies
The next morning, Alessandro introduced us to a woman named Clara.
She was supposedly his head housekeeper.
She brought Emma breakfast.
She smiled constantly.
Something about her felt wrong.
I couldn't explain why.
Later, I found her standing near Emma's room.
“What are you doing?”
She smiled.
“Just checking on her.”
“She doesn't need anything.”
Clara walked away.
I watched her.
That afternoon, Emma told me something.
“Clara gave me candy.”
“What kind?”
“Blue one.”
My stomach tightened.
I checked the wrapper.
It contained a small tracking device.
I took it to Alessandro.
His expression changed.
“Where did she get this?”
“Clara.”
He immediately ordered the house sealed.
Clara disappeared.
Security found her attempting to leave through the underground garage.
She was carrying photographs.
Of me.
Of Emma.
Of Alessandro.
And dozens of pages of notes.
Her confession revealed that Rafael wasn't working alone.
Someone inside Alessandro's organization had been coordinating everything.
Someone high-ranking.
Someone trusted.
The name was hidden behind a code.
W.
Alessandro stared at the documents.
“There are only three people who could be W.”
Victor.
Marco.
And Alessandro's own older brother, Lorenzo.
I looked at him.
“You have a brother?”
“Had.”
“What happened?”
“He died six years ago.”
Victor looked uneasy.
Alessandro noticed.
“What?”
Victor hesitated.
“Sir…”
“Say it.”
“We never recovered Lorenzo's body.”
Silence.
Alessandro's face hardened.
For six years, he had believed his brother was dead.
Now there was evidence he might be alive.
And if Lorenzo was W—
then the person behind the attack wasn't Rafael.
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It was family.
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