Chapter 5 - The Mansion Was Attacked at Midnight, and Dominic Put His Life Between My Son and the Men Hunting HimWe reached the basement.
Dominic appeared minutes later.
Blood covered his shirt.
I gasped.
“Are you hurt?”
“Not mine.”
He locked the door.
Marcus stared at him.
“You're bleeding.”
Dominic smiled.
“Not mine.”
Marcus touched his own cheek.
“You're sad.”
Dominic stopped.
Then crouched.
“Maybe.”
Marcus hugged him.
Dominic looked stunned.
Nobody hugged men like him.
Especially not children.
“Don't be sad,” Marcus whispered.
Dominic looked at me.
“I think your son is the bravest person I've ever met.”
I smiled.
“He's just three.”
“Exactly.”
The attack lasted forty minutes.
Then silence.
Police arrived.
Victor's men were arrested.
But Dominic's father had disappeared.
Before dawn, Dominic received a message.
YOU CAN HEAR AGAIN. THAT WASN'T PART OF THE PLAN.
Dominic stared at it.
Then another message arrived.
THE BOY IS THE KEY.
His expression changed.
He looked at Marcus.
“No.”
“What?”
“They aren't after me anymore.”
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He looked at me.
“They're after your son.”
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