Chapter 5 - THE MARINAThe old Falcone marina looked abandoned.
Fog.
Dark water.
Broken lights.
Rusting warehouses.
Adrian and I entered together.
Nobody spoke.
Then a voice came from the darkness.
“Welcome home.”
Marcus.
He stepped into the light.
Older.
Gray hair.
A scar across his left cheek.
He smiled at Adrian.
“You look like your father.”
“You look like a coward.”
Marcus laughed.
“And you married her.”
His eyes moved to me.
“She was always the clever one.”
I felt cold.
“You knew me.”
“Of course.”
“How?”
“I knew your father.”
That stopped me.
“My father?”
Marcus nodded.
“James Whitmore was one of the few honest men I knew.”
Adrian looked at him.
“What happened to him?”
Marcus smiled.
“He discovered what your father was doing.”
My stomach tightened.
“You killed him.”
“No.”
Marcus turned toward Adrian.
“Your father did.”
Adrian's face hardened.
“No.”
“Yes.”
Marcus explained.
My father had discovered a secret account used to finance criminal operations.
He tried to expose it.
Adrian's father silenced him.
Then Marcus tried to take the evidence.
Everything spiraled.
My father's death.
Adrian's attempted murder.
Sarah's hospital records.
My destroyed career.
All connected.
And Vanessa?
She had discovered the truth.
So Marcus threatened her family.
He forced her to sign the medication records.
But she secretly tried to save Adrian.
That was why she had looked guilty.
She had been afraid.
Marcus stepped closer.
“Give me the access codes.”
Adrian laughed.
“No.”
Marcus raised a gun.
“Then she dies.”
A second man grabbed me.
Adrian raised his weapon.
“Let her go.”
Marcus smiled.
“You really do love her.”
Adrian's voice became lethal.
“More than anything.”
Marcus nodded.
“That makes this easy.”
He fired.
Adrian moved.
The bullet hit his shoulder.
I screamed.
Chaos erupted.
Security rushed in.
Marcus fled.
I dropped beside Adrian.
“Stay with me.”
He looked at me.
“I'm fine.”
“You're bleeding.”
“So are you.”
I touched my cheek.
A tiny cut.
“I'm okay.”
He smiled.
May you like
“Good.”
Then he passed out.
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