Chapter 4 - Someone Had Kidnapped Maria and Sofia Before I Could Learn the TruthWe found Maria's apartment abandoned.
The front door was broken.
A chair was overturned.
Sofia's stuffed rabbit lay beneath the kitchen table.
I picked it up.
Something inside me cracked.
“Boss.”
Marcus pointed toward the floor.
Blood.
Not much.
But enough.
My hands tightened around the rabbit.
Then my phone rang.
Unknown number.
I answered.
A distorted voice spoke.
“Stop digging into the past.”
“Who are you?”
“You don't need to know.”
“Where are they?”
A laugh.
“Your father should have killed that woman when he had the chance.”
My blood turned cold.
“What did you say?”
The call ended.
I stared at the phone.
My father.
Killed Maria?
Why?
Marcus stepped closer.
“What happened?”
I looked at him.
“Someone knows exactly what I'm investigating.”
Then a text arrived.
A photograph.
Maria tied to a chair.
Sofia sitting beside her.
Alive.
Terrified.
Underneath was one sentence.
Come alone.
I knew it was a trap.
I went anyway.
Because somewhere along the way, Maria and Sofia had stopped being employees.
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They had become family.
And I would burn my entire empire to bring them home.
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