Chapter 7 - The Car Bomb That Killed Sophia Had Been Designed to Hide the Hospital Transfer—and Lorenzo Finally Learned Who Ordered His Wife’s DeathMarco Rossi had escaped.
But he left a clue.
A flight plan.
Private island.
No government records.
Lorenzo knew the location.
He had used the property once as a teenager.
We went there.
The island was guarded.
But we had proof.
Medical records.
Videos.
Bank transfers.
We entered the main building.
There were laboratories.
Storage rooms.
And a private hospital wing.
Sophia had been there before her death.
She had discovered the experiment.
She had tried to expose Marco.
He trapped her.
The car bomb was designed to make her disappearance look accidental.
Lorenzo found her final recording.
She was pregnant.
Terrified.
She was speaking directly to him.
"Lorenzo, if you see this, your brother is lying."
Lorenzo's eyes filled.
She continued.
"They took the baby."
"I tried to stop them."
"Please protect Leo."
The recording ended.
Lorenzo fell to his knees.
He had spent two months believing he failed to protect Sophia.
Now he knew she had died protecting their son.
I sat beside him.
"You didn't know."
"I should have."
"You couldn't."
He looked at me.
"You knew how."
I nodded.
"I knew how to notice."
He took my hand.
That was the first time he did it without thinking.
Then we found Marco.
He was waiting.
He smiled.
"You've ruined everything."
Lorenzo raised his weapon.
"You killed my wife."
"She knew too much."
"You took my son."
"He wasn't yours alone."
I stepped forward.
"What about mine?"
Marco looked at me.
"He was necessary."
I felt rage.
"He was a baby."
"Both were."
"You used children."
"For science."
"No."
"For power."
Marco smiled.
"Same thing."
Lorenzo attacked.
The fight ended quickly.
Marco was arrested.
Dr. Reeves was captured too.
The laboratories were shut down.
The research was seized.
The babies were safe.
But one question remained.
Who had started Helix Nine?
Marco revealed the answer.
Their father.
Lorenzo's grandfather.
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A man believed to be dead.
He had created the research decades earlier.
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