Chapter 8 - The Nursery Rhyme Rosie Had Memorized Was Actually a Map to Bellmont’s Hidden Archive, and Sofia Had Trusted a Three-Year-Old to Carry the Last KeyWe escaped through the service tunnel.
Rosie held my hand.
She was terrified.
I kept telling her:
“Don't let go.”
She didn't.
The rhyme was simple.
A children's song.
Four verses.
Five lines.
But the first letter of each line created a code.
Rosie knew it by heart.
The archive was beneath an abandoned church.
We found it.
Inside were ledgers.
Photographs.
Names.
Every Bellmont member.
Every payment.
Every secret.
We had enough to destroy the network.
But before we could leave, my mother appeared.
She had followed us.
“You'll destroy everything.”
I looked at her.
“Good.”
She raised a gun.
Rosie stepped forward.
“Mommy said you were bad.”
My mother froze.
Then smiled.
“Your mother was right.”
I moved.
The gun went off.
Marco tackled her.
Federal agents entered.
She was arrested.
The archive was secured.
Bellmont was finished.
But the most important document was still missing.
Sofia's personal ledger.
The one that proved who ordered her death.
Rosie pointed at the wall.
“Star.”
There was a carved star.
I touched it.
A hidden compartment opened.
Inside was the ledger.
May you like
And a letter.
For me.
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