Chapter 5 - The Poison Was Waiting Beside My Bed, and Only One Person Had the KeyWe returned to the mansion.
My bedroom was sealed.
The forensic team found poison in my drinking glass.
The bottle had been replaced.
Only three people had keys.
Me.
Marco.
Thomas.
Marco was missing.
Thomas was gone.
That was enough.
We tracked him to an abandoned warehouse.
He wasn't alone.
Marco stood beside him.
When I entered, both men turned.
Marco smiled.
“You finally understand.”
I pointed my gun at him.
“You betrayed me.”
“No.”
He shook his head.
“I betrayed the man who wanted to kill you.”
I hesitated.
“What?”
Thomas laughed.
“Marco was never our leader.”
Marco looked at me.
“I've been trying to protect you.”
“By planning my murder?”
“No.”
“Then explain.”
He told me the truth.
He had discovered Thomas was working with Matteo.
He had tried to infiltrate the network.
But Matteo had discovered him.
Marco had been forced to pretend loyalty.
The kitchen door had been opened because Marco was setting a trap.
The message Sofia overheard had been deliberately planted.
But there was one problem.
Marco hadn't known Sofia was listening.
And now Matteo knew she had heard everything.
Thomas raised his gun.
“She shouldn't have survived.”
I stepped in front of Sofia.
Marco suddenly shot Thomas.
Thomas fell.
Then Marco looked at me.
“Run.”
A bullet hit him.
He collapsed.
I caught him.
“Who?”
He whispered:
May you like
“Your uncle.”
Then he died.
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