Chapter 11 - The Mafia Boss Everyone Feared Was Arrested While I Discovered the One Person Who Could Still Save HimNathaniel was arrested.

So was Daniel.

Claire and I were separated.

Everything happened too quickly.

One moment, I was inside Graves Tower.

The next, I was sitting in a federal building with a social worker asking me questions.

"Where is your father?"

"I don't know."

"Which one?"

I stared at her.

"That's complicated."

She sighed.

"Where is Nathaniel Graves?"

"In jail."

"Does he hurt you?"

"No."

"Are you afraid of him?"

"No."

"Do you know what he does?"

I thought about it.

"I know what everyone says."

"And what do you believe?"

I remembered him giving me food.

Protecting me.

Locking every door because someone was hunting my mother.

I looked at her.

"I think people can be dangerous and still choose to do the right thing."

She stared at me.

Then the door opened.

A lawyer entered.

He placed a folder on the table.

"Ruby, your mother asked me to give you this."

Inside was a letter.

My mother's handwriting.

Ruby,

If you're reading this, Nathaniel has been arrested.

Don't be afraid.

He is innocent of the crimes they are accusing him of.

The evidence has been manipulated.

The person who did it is still free.

You need to find Victor Hale.

I looked at the lawyer.

"Where is Mom?"

"She's safe."

"Can I see her?"

"Not yet."

I opened the second page.

There was an address.

An abandoned church.

And one sentence.

Trust the man who never asked you to trust him.

I knew immediately who she meant.

Nathaniel.

That night, I escaped with the help of Mrs. Dalton.

We went to the church.

Claire was there.

So was Daniel.

He had escaped custody.

And someone else was waiting.

Victor Hale.

He smiled.

"Finally."

Claire stepped in front of me.

Victor raised a gun.

"Give me the ledger."

"We don't have it."

He laughed.

"Yes, you do."

Then Nathaniel walked through the church doors.

Blood covered his sleeve.

He looked at Victor.

"You should have killed me when you had the chance."

Victor smiled.

"I still can."

Nathaniel looked at me.

"Ruby, run."

I didn't.

Instead, I picked up the phone in my pocket.

I had secretly recorded everything.

Victor didn't know.

And neither did Nathaniel.

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For the first time, I understood something.

The little girl who returned a wallet could finally help save the man who owned it.