Chapter 5 - The Ghost From Dominic's Past Returned for the Woman He LovedSalvatore was alive.
And he wanted the Castellane empire.
But he needed one thing first.
The ledger.
The ledger that proved where the stolen money had gone.
Sarah's father had hidden it.
And now Sarah possessed the only clue.
Dominic moved her into a secure residence.
Sarah hated it.
“You said you wouldn't control me.”
“I said I'd protect you.”
“This is a fortress.”
“Yes.”
“I can't leave.”
“You can.”
“Can I walk outside?”
“With security.”
“Can I go to work?”
“No.”
She glared.
“That's controlling.”
He sighed.
“You're right.”
He opened the door.
“Then tell me where you want to go.”
She stared.
“You'd let me?”
“Yes.”
“Even if it's dangerous?”
“Yes.”
“What if I go back to the restaurant?”
“I'll come with you.”
Sarah almost smiled.
“That's inconvenient.”
“I can live with it.”
She finally laughed.
The next day, she returned to work.
Dominic sat in the corner.
He didn't interfere.
He didn't speak.
He simply watched.
Halfway through the shift, Sarah noticed something.
A customer was staring at her.
Older man.
Gray cap.
Nervous eyes.
Dominic noticed too.
The man stood.
Sarah stepped forward.
“Sir?”
He left money on the table and walked out.
Dominic followed.
Twenty minutes later, he returned.
“Who was he?”
“I don't know.”
Dominic placed a photograph on the table.
The man was Salvatore's accountant.
Sarah's stomach dropped.
“What did he want?”
“To confirm you had the ledger.”
“I don't have it.”
Dominic stared.
Sarah remembered the letter.
The photograph.
The box beneath the bed.
She suddenly knew.
“Wait.”
She ran home.
She opened the wedding photograph.
There was something strange about the frame.
The backing had been replaced.
Inside was a tiny metal key.
Dominic looked at it.
“Where did you find this?”
“My mother hid it.”
Vince tested it against an old safety deposit box.
It opened.
Inside was a handwritten ledger.
Names.
Accounts.
Transfers.
Payments.
And one name appeared more than any other.
Victor Castellane.
Dominic stared.
“My father.”
Sarah's face fell.
“No.”
“He was moving the money.”
“Then why did he blame my father?”
Dominic's voice became cold.
“Because Arthur found out.”
He turned pages.
Then stopped.
A final note.
If Victor dies, Marcelo becomes next target.
Dominic froze.
His father hadn't been the mastermind.
He had been trapped too.
Sarah looked at him.
“Who killed him?”
Dominic stared at the ledger.
“Salvatore.”
“And Tobias?”
Silence.
Dominic closed his eyes.
“Tobias wasn't killed by an enemy.”
Sarah whispered:
“Then who?”
“My own father.”
The room went silent.
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The entire family history had been a lie.
And Dominic had inherited an empire built on a betrayal he had never understood.
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