Chapter 6 - My Father Had Manipulated My Memory, but Sofia Left a Recording That Proved I Had Once Promised Her I Would Destroy BellmontWe found an old recorder.
A small device hidden behind a drawer.
It contained one file.
My voice.
Six years younger.
“I won't let them do this.”
Sofia answered:
“You can't fight them alone.”
“I won't be alone.”
“Damian, promise.”
“I promise.”
I listened.
My own voice.
My own promise.
Then:
“Your daughter?”
Sofia laughed softly.
Rosie had been a baby.
“I'll protect her.”
That changed everything.
Sofia and I had known each other.
She had trusted me.
She had tried to help.
I had forgotten because someone wanted me to.
The recording continued.
“We need the ledger.”
“I have it.”
“Hide it.”
“I will.”
“Where?”
“In the place nobody can open without the ring.”
The ring.
Vivienne wore it now.
The recording ended.
I stared at her.
“You weren't wearing it for the dinner.”
“No.”
“Sofia asked you to.”
“Yes.”
“Because she knew someone would recognize it.”
“Yes.”
Then the front doors opened.
Lorenzo walked in.
He had a gun.
“You've learned too much.”
I stood.
“Did you kill her?”
He looked at me.
“Yes.”
The room became silent.
Rosie hugged her rabbit.
I felt rage.
“Why?”
“She wouldn't stop.”
“She was trying to save me.”
“She was trying to destroy the family.”
“No.”
“She wanted to expose everything.”
“Yes.”
“She would have ruined us.”
“You ruined her.”
Lorenzo's hand tightened around the weapon.
Vivienne moved.
He pointed at her.
“Don't.”
Marco entered.
My security team surrounded him.
Lorenzo looked around.
“You think you can stop Bellmont?”
I smiled.
“No.”
I held up the ledger.
“I don't need to.”
The police were already on their way.
Vivienne had contacted federal investigators.
Everything had been recorded.
Lorenzo's confession.
The ledger.
The medical evidence.
The old recordings.
The Bellmont Circle was about to collapse.
But Lorenzo laughed.
“You still haven't found the real leader.”
I froze.
“Who?”
May you like
He smiled.
“Your mother.”
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