Chapter 4 - The Woman I Thought Had Died Seven Years Ago Was Waiting for Me at the Harbor With the Truth About EmmaThe old harbor smelled of salt and rust.
I arrived alone.
At least, that's what Damien believed.
Marcus had ignored my order.
He was watching from two blocks away.
I didn't blame him.
Damien stood beside an abandoned warehouse.
He held a gun.
Sophia was sitting nearby.
She looked pale.
But alive.
I stared at her.
She looked at me.
“Julian.”
I couldn't move.
“You're alive.”
“So are you.”
“You let me believe you died.”
“I had to.”
“Why?”
“Because of Emma.”
Damien laughed.
“Family reunion.”
I looked at him.
“You're finished.”
He smiled.
“Not yet.”
Sophia spoke.
“Julian, listen to me.”
I did.
“The accident wasn't meant to kill Emma.”
I froze.
“It was meant to kill you.”
“Why?”
“Because Damien wanted your empire.”
I looked at him.
He shrugged.
“I was tired of being second.”
“Then why take Emma?”
“Because she was your weakness.”
Sophia shook her head.
“He didn't understand that she wasn't your weakness.”
I looked at her.
“She was your reason.”
Damien raised his gun.
Then Marcus's men appeared.
Everything erupted.
Gunshots.
Glass.
Screaming.
Damien ran.
I chased him.
But before I could reach him, he disappeared into the darkness.
Sophia collapsed.
I caught her.
“You're safe.”
She looked at me.
“Not yet.”
“What?”
“There is someone above Damien.”
“Who?”
She whispered,
“Your father.”
I froze.
“My father is dead.”
“No.”
She shook her head.
“He isn't.”
Again.
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Another dead person who wasn't dead.
My entire life had been built on lies.
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