Chapter 7 - The Truth About Dominic's MotherElena finally confessed.
Dominic's mother had died when he was six.
He had always been told she was sick.
She wasn't.
She had discovered Vittorio's relationship with another woman.
That woman was Sophia's mother.
The children were connected through two generations of secrets.
Dominic sat in silence.
“So my mother knew Sophia?”
“Yes.”
“And my father?”
“Yes.”
“Why was Sophia important?”
“Because she had evidence.”
“What evidence?”
Elena handed him a letter.
It was written by Sophia.
Vittorio does not control the family.
Someone else does.
Dominic's eyes narrowed.
Who?
The answer was on the next page.
A name.
Miriam Carter.
Sophia's grandmother.
The original founder of the family empire.
Dominic stared.
“She was alive?”
“No.”
“She died twenty-five years ago.”
“Yes.”
“Then why?”
Elena whispered:
“She left a hidden trust.”
The trust was designed to protect the children.
That was why the heirs mattered.
The fortune couldn't be stolen.
It could only be inherited.
And Sophia had discovered that the only way to keep the trust safe was to reunite the children.
She had been working toward that goal before she died.
Dominic understood everything.
The dreams.
The medallions.
The photographs.
Luca's strange certainty.
Ethan's recognition.
Grace's memories.
None were supernatural.
They were echoes of a family story hidden from them.
Dominic went to the original Moretti estate.
The final vault opened.
Inside were documents.
A will.
And a final recording from Sophia.
Dominic pressed play.
Sophia appeared on screen.
Pregnant.
Tired.
Beautiful.
“Dominic.”
His heart broke.
“I don't know if you'll ever see this.”
He sat.
“If you do, then you're probably angry.”
She smiled.
“You should be.”
“I left.”
“I disappeared.”
“But I never stopped loving you.”
Dominic's eyes filled.
She continued.
“I knew your father would come after our children.”
“So I scattered them.”
“I trusted people who promised to protect them.”
“Some did.”
“Some betrayed me.”
She took a breath.
“The most important thing is this.”
She looked directly into the camera.
“Don't raise them to inherit the darkness.”
“Raise them to end it.”
Dominic broke down.
Sophia continued.
“Luca is your child.”
“Ethan is your child.”
“Lily is your child.”
“Grace is your child.”
“All four belong together.”
Then came the final sentence.
“Give them the childhood we never had.”
The recording ended.
Dominic sat for a long time.
Then Ethan appeared in the doorway.
“Dad?”
Dominic looked up.
“What?”
“Are you sad?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because your mom was brave.”
Ethan smiled.
“Is she coming back?”
Dominic shook his head.
“No.”
Ethan thought.
“That's okay.”
Dominic frowned.
“Why?”
“Because you're here.”
The boy sat beside him.
Dominic put an arm around him.
Then Lily appeared.
Then Grace.
Then Luca.
Four children.
Four heirs.
One broken family.
Dominic looked at them.
“I promise you something.”
They listened.
“You will never have to become like me.”
Luca frowned.
“You're good.”
Dominic smiled.
“I'm trying.”
Ethan looked at the medallions.
“What happens now?”
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Dominic answered:
“We end the family curse.”
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