Chapter 7 - The Man Who Wanted the Billionaire’s DaughterMarcus kidnapped Eleanor.
It happened in broad daylight.
Security footage showed the vehicle leaving the estate.
Graham nearly lost control.
Leah stopped him.
“We don't rush.”
“He has my wife.”
“He wants you angry.”
She was right.
They tracked Marcus to an abandoned warehouse.
Leah insisted on going.
Graham refused.
“No.”
“She's my mother too.”
The words stopped him.
Leah continued.
“We go together.”
They arrived with police.
Marcus was waiting.
Eleanor was tied to a chair.
Marcus smiled.
“Graham.”
“You're done.”
Marcus laughed.
“You still think money makes you powerful.”
Graham raised his weapon.
“No.”
Leah stepped forward.
“Family does.”
Marcus looked at her.
“There she is.”
Leah frowned.
“You wanted me.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I was supposed to inherit everything.”
“What?”
“My mother was a Calder.”
Leah froze.
Marcus revealed the truth.
His mother had been Margaret Calder's oldest daughter.
She had been disinherited after marrying Daniel Voss.
Marcus believed the trust belonged to him.
But Margaret had changed the will.
She named Leah instead.
Marcus had spent twenty-two years trying to find her.
Graham stepped forward.
“You've killed for money.”
Marcus shook his head.
“For justice.”
“No.”
Leah said quietly.
“For revenge.”
Marcus looked at her.
“You don't understand.”
“I understand perfectly.”
“You had everything.”
“No.”
She pointed toward Eleanor.
“My mother had everything taken from her.”
She pointed toward Graham.
“My father lost twenty-two years.”
She pointed toward Madison.
“My sister was raised in a lie.”
“And Ruth sacrificed her life to protect me.”
Leah looked at Marcus.
“You weren't the only person who lost something.”
Marcus lowered his weapon.
For one second, he looked uncertain.
Then a second man entered.
Daniel Voss.
Alive.
Everyone froze.
Marcus turned.
“You said he was dead.”
Daniel smiled.
“I let people believe that.”
Marcus stared.
“You used me.”
“Yes.”
Daniel shot Marcus.
Marcus collapsed.
Chaos erupted.
Graham grabbed Eleanor.
Leah ran toward Marcus.
“Don't.”
Graham stopped her.
Marcus looked at Leah.
“He lied to me too.”
Leah knelt beside him.
“Why?”
Marcus laughed weakly.
“Because I was stupid.”
“No.”
“You should hate me.”
“I do.”
He smiled faintly.
“At least you're honest.”
Daniel escaped.
Police chased him.
Graham carried Eleanor outside.
Leah remained beside Marcus until paramedics arrived.
Before they took him away, he whispered,
“Check the trust.”
“What?”
“He changed it.”
“Who?”
“Daniel.”
Marcus closed his eyes.
The trust documents had been altered.
The real inheritance had been hidden.
Leah was not just the heir.
She was the controlling trustee.
She could dissolve the entire empire.
Daniel needed to stop her.
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The final confrontation would not be about money.
It would be about truth.
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