Chapter 4 - Dominic Walked Into Dock Seventeen to Save Daniel—Then His Mother Admitted She Had Lied About EverythingDock Seventeen was empty.
Rain hammered the metal roof.
Containers stood like black walls.
Dominic entered with Daniel.
I remained in the car with Lily.
Then the doors locked.
A voice echoed.
“Welcome home.”
Matteo stepped out.
He looked exactly like Dominic.
Only colder.
“I waited years for this.”
Dominic raised his weapon.
“Let them go.”
Matteo laughed.
“You still think you're in charge.”
He pointed at the containers.
Inside were documents.
Accounts.
Photographs.
Everything.
“Your company is mine.”
“No.”
Matteo smiled.
“You'll sign.”
Dominic laughed.
“No.”
Then Caroline walked forward.
Dominic looked shocked.
“Mother.”
She looked tired.
“I made mistakes.”
“You betrayed me.”
“I protected your brother.”
“You destroyed me.”
“I was trying to protect the family.”
Daniel stepped forward.
“You killed people.”
Caroline cried.
“Yes.”
Silence.
She admitted the truth.
Matteo had threatened her.
Vincent had controlled her.
She believed destroying Dominic was the only way to save Matteo.
Then Lily entered.
I couldn't stop her.
She walked toward Dominic.
“Daddy.”
Dominic froze.
Matteo smiled.
“Perfect.”
He grabbed Lily.
Dominic raised his weapon.
“Let her go.”
Matteo laughed.
“You'd kill me?”
Dominic's face was terrifying.
“No.”
He lowered the weapon.
“I'd kill everything you built.”
Matteo hesitated.
That moment was enough.
Daniel attacked.
Security stormed the warehouse.
Matteo escaped.
Vincent was arrested.
Caroline surrendered.
The trust documents were recovered.
Lily was safe.
But Dominic had been wounded.
A bullet grazed his side.
I pressed a cloth to the wound.
“You're bleeding.”
“I've had worse.”
“You're an idiot.”
He smiled faintly.
“So I've been told.”
Lily sat beside him.
“Daddy?”
Dominic looked at her.
“Yes?”
“You have to practice.”
He laughed.
“What?”
“Being okay.”
May you like
His eyes filled.
“I will.”
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