Chapter 6 - The Betrayal Waiting Behind His Office Door
Elias was waiting.
Dominic's office was surrounded by security.
Nobody entered without permission.
But when we arrived, Elias was already inside.
He sat calmly on the couch.
“I wondered when you'd find out.”
Dominic shut the door.
Victoria stayed outside.
I stood beside Dominic.
Elias looked at me.
“So you're the translator.”
“Doctoral researcher.”
He smiled.
“Does it matter?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I'm the reason you failed.”
His smile disappeared.
Dominic walked closer.
“How long?”
“Seven years.”
“You've worked for Adrian for seven years?”
“Yes.”
Dominic's jaw tightened.
“Why?”
“My brother died because of your family.”
Dominic stopped.
Elias continued.
“Adrian recruited me when I was twenty-eight.”
“He killed your brother?”
“Yes.”
“Then why serve him?”
“Because he told me the truth.”
“What truth?”
“That Thomas Russo ordered it.”
Dominic's expression changed.
“That wasn't true.”
“I know that now.”
I looked at Elias.
“How did you communicate?”
He smiled.
“Through translation.”
I understood.
They had used mistranslated documents to move information.
Deliberately.
Adrian had built a language network.
Every key document existed in multiple languages.
Legal meaning could be altered in one version while the original appeared inaccessible.
The system had survived because everyone trusted the translations.
I asked, “Where is Adrian?”
Elias looked at me.
“You know.”
“Tell me.”
“Geneva.”
Dominic stared.
“Why?”
“The final transfer.”
“What final transfer?”
Elias smiled.
“The money.”
“How much?”
“All of it.”
“Where?”
“An offshore foundation.”
I looked at the documents.
“What foundation?”
Elias answered with a name.
The Miller-Russo Children’s Trust.
My heart stopped.
He had moved the entire stolen fortune into the very trust created to protect victims.
Then I realized something worse.
The trust required two living beneficiaries to sign for release.
One was Dominic.
The other was me.
Adrian needed us.
Alive.
Together.
For the first time, I understood why he had spent years looking for me.
I wasn't merely a witness.
I was the key.
Dominic looked at me.
“We don't go to Geneva.”
“Yes, we do.”
He shook his head.
“No.”
“If we don't, Adrian disappears.”
“If we go, you become a target.”
“I've been a target since I was born.”
He had no answer.
Then Elias laughed.
“There's something else.”
Dominic looked at him.
“Adrian has Victoria.”
Silence.
Victoria was outside.
Dominic opened the door.
She was gone.
His face changed.
We ran.
The hallway was empty.
Her phone lay on the floor.
A message appeared on Dominic's screen.
COME TO GENEVA.
BRING CASEY.
BRING THE REGISTER.
COME ALONE.
Dominic stared at it.
Then he looked at me.
“We're not doing what he wants.”
“What are we doing?”
“Ending this.”
We flew that night.
Not to negotiate.
To expose.
The FBI had already been monitoring Russo Global because of financial crimes.
Dominic finally gave them everything.
Names.
Accounts.
Documents.
Records.
Elias.
Victoria.
Adrian.
His own family.
He turned over everything.
Including evidence that could destroy his own wealth.
I asked him why.
He looked at me.
“Because I finally understand what my father wanted.”
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“What?”
“For once, the truth matters more than the empire.”
