Chapter 4 - Dominic Discovered Victor Had Been Secretly Poisoning Him for Three Years—and My Son Found the Missing EvidenceVictor's room contained enough evidence to destroy him.
Encrypted phones.
Fake medical records.
Bank accounts.
Photographs.
But the most disturbing thing was a locked metal box.
Dominic opened it.
Inside were medical devices.
Small ones.
Identical to the object Marcus had removed.
Dominic stared.
“Why would he have these?”
I shook my head.
“I don't know.”
Marcus wandered into the room.
He pointed at the box.
“More bugs.”
Dominic looked at him.
“Yes.”
Then Marcus pointed underneath the box.
“There's another.”
We moved it.
A hidden compartment opened.
Inside was a flash drive.
Dominic inserted it.
Video footage appeared.
Victor was talking to a doctor.
“His hearing has to remain gone.”
The doctor asked,
“And if the device is discovered?”
Victor replied,
“Then Cray must never know who put it there.”
Dominic's fists tightened.
I watched him silently.
The video continued.
Victor mentioned a name.
“Elias Cray.”
Dominic stopped breathing.
“Your father?”
“Yes.”
Victor had been working for Dominic's father.
The entire attack had been planned.
But there was something else.
A second file.
A photograph.
Dominic's father standing beside a young woman.
The woman was me.
I froze.
“Why am I in this?”
Dominic stared.
“You've met my father?”
“No.”
But I remembered something.
A job interview.
Eight months ago.
A stranger had recommended me for work at Dominic's mansion.
I had assumed it was luck.
It wasn't.
Someone had placed me there.
Someone had known about Marcus.
Dominic looked at me.
“Your son wasn't supposed to find the device.”
“What was he supposed to find?”
Dominic didn't answer.
The door burst open.
A guard rushed in.
“Boss!”
“What?”
“Your father's men are outside.”
Dominic grabbed his gun.
“How many?”
“Too many.”
He looked at me.
“Take Marcus.”
I held my son.
“Where?”
“Basement.”
We ran.
Gunfire erupted above us.
Marcus cried.
I covered his ears.
May you like
Dominic stayed behind.
Then the lights went out.
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