Chapter 9 - Vincent Finally Told Me Why My Mother Died Saving Him—and the Truth Made Me Question Whether His Family Was Entirely EvilVincent sat beside Luca's hospital bed.
He looked broken.
“My mother saved me too,” he said.
I stared.
“What?”
Vincent explained.
His mother had known about Adrian's experiments.
She had tried to expose him.
She had worked with my mother.
They planned to destroy the research.
But Adrian caught them.
He murdered Vincent's mother.
Then blamed her death on an overdose.
Vincent's father later took control.
Vincent had grown up believing his parents were monsters.
Only now did he learn the truth.
Both women had been trying to protect their children.
My mother had protected Vincent.
Vincent's mother had protected Luca.
And Elena, Adrian's wife, had protected everyone.
Three mothers.
Three children.
One network.
Adrian had spent years making them enemies.
But they had been allies.
We found their original plan.
It was hidden beneath a floorboard in the old estate.
The three women had planned to expose Adrian and destroy the research.
They had failed.
But they had left instructions.
The cure.
The evidence.
The names.
And one final message.
Do not let the next generation inherit this.
I looked at Luca.
He was the next generation.
So were the other children.
That meant we had to finish what they started.
We gathered evidence.
We brought the documents to federal agents.
The investigation expanded nationwide.
Hospitals were raided.
Research centers closed.
Politicians resigned.
Doctors were arrested.
The network collapsed.
But Adrian escaped again.
This time, he disappeared overseas.
We thought it was over.
Then Luca developed a fever.
His lab results showed the toxin returning.
Someone had infected him again.
The source was unknown.
The doctors were terrified.
I knew exactly what it meant.
Adrian had left something inside Luca.
A delayed-release compound.
A final experiment.
We had days.
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Maybe hours.
To find the antidote.
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