Chapter 9 - The Betrayal I Never Expected“You knew.”
Elena shook her head.
“No.”
“Your name is here.”
“I don't know why.”
The ledger showed payments made to Elena eight years earlier.
Millions.
My mind raced.
Ricardo looked at her.
“I knew this would happen.”
Elena stared at him.
“You knew?”
“I knew Moretti framed you.”
I looked between them.
“How?”
Ricardo explained.
Moretti had used Elena's identity to move money.
He needed a scapegoat.
Someone close enough to Adriano to destroy his trust.
Elena was perfect.
But Moretti had made one mistake.
The payments continued after Elena supposedly died.
That meant someone had been impersonating her.
We traced the accounts.
They led to a private island.
And the owner was…
Victor.
He confessed.
“I was working undercover.”
“You betrayed me twice.”
“I was trying to get the evidence.”
“You let me believe you were dead.”
“I had to.”
Elena placed a hand on my arm.
“He saved us.”
I looked at Victor.
For the first time, I understood.
He hadn't been the traitor.
He had been fighting one.
Then the island location appeared.
Moretti was there.
And he had taken someone.
May you like
Lucia.
Again.
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