Chapter 5 - The Fourth ChildThe fourth child was a boy.
His name was Luca.
He had been raised under another identity.
Daniel refused to say where.
But the old records did.
Luca had been transferred to a private boarding school in Wisconsin.
Now twenty-four.
A musician.
He had no idea about his biological family.
Zo found him first.
He was playing piano in a hotel lobby.
Zo stood outside the glass doors and watched.
The young man had Elena's hands.
The same fingers.
The same expression of concentration.
Zo's chest tightened.
When the song ended, Zo approached.
“Luca?”
The young man looked up.
“Yes?”
“My name is Zo Rossi.”
Luca laughed.
“That sounds serious.”
“It is.”
He told him.
Luca didn't believe him.
Then the DNA test came.
Positive.
Four children.
One mother.
One broken family.
One secret.
But the hardest part was learning why they had been separated.
Elena had discovered that Elias wasn't the children's biological father.
Their father was a man named Matteo Bellini.
A rival.
A man who had once planned to leave the criminal world.
Elias had protected Elena's children because he loved them.
Daniel had wanted control.
Rose had helped hide them.
Each child had been placed somewhere different.
Zo was kept inside the Rossi family.
Anna was adopted.
Tessa was raised by Rose.
Luca was sent away.
The plan was to prevent them from ever finding one another.
It almost worked.
Except Rose.
She never stopped.
The hidden foundation was how she'd helped them all.
Medical care.
School tuition.
Emergency funds.
She'd watched from afar.
Even after her death, the foundation continued.
Tessa began crying when she realized what her mother had done.
“She loved us.”
Zo nodded.
“She never stopped.”
Anna held her hand.
Luca stood quietly.
Then he asked:
“What happened to our mother?”
Zo couldn't answer.
Daniel had killed her.
The evidence was uncovered.
A hidden recording.
A medical report.
A payment.
Everything pointed to him.
He had arranged Elena's death.
He had eliminated Matteo.
He had erased the children.
And he had manipulated Elias.
Daniel was finally arrested.
But the story wasn't over.
Because the foundation had one last account.
A trust worth hundreds of millions.
The four children were beneficiaries.
But there was a condition.
They had to accept it together.
If one refused, the assets would remain locked.
Daniel had counted on them hating one another.
He had counted on the past keeping them separated.
He had been wrong.
They stood together.
Zo.
Anna.
Tessa.
Luca.
Four people who had spent their lives believing they belonged nowhere.
Now they belonged to each other.
They signed.
The foundation was restored.
Lena received the treatment she needed.
Her condition improved.
Tessa cried when the doctors told her.
Zo stood beside her.
“You were right.”
“About what?”
“She was always worth fighting for.”
Tessa looked at him.
“She wasn't the only one.”
He understood.
She meant him.
She meant Anna.
Luca.
The family.
For the first time in decades, the Rossi estate felt less like a fortress.
It felt like a home.
But danger remained.
A surviving member of Daniel's organization wanted revenge.
And he targeted the easiest person.
Tessa.
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Because she was the least protected.
One night, she disappeared.
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