Chapter 5 - The Father Emma Believed Was Dead Had Left Her a Secret Before He Disappeared, and Damiano Realized Her Mother Had Been Hiding a Dangerous TruthI told Damiano everything.
Emma's father had vanished before she was born.
I had been told he died.
The truth was unclear.
Lucas knew more.
He said Emma's father had worked for Damiano's organization.
He had discovered a secret.
A hidden financial network.
He tried to expose it.
He disappeared.
Emma's mother was placed into hiding.
I became a maid under another name.
I had never told anyone.
Damiano looked at me.
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“I didn't know whether I could trust you.”
He nodded.
“Fair.”
Then Emma pulled her rag doll apart.
Inside was a tiny flash drive.
She stared.
“I've had this forever.”
I looked at it.
I had never seen it.
Damiano connected it.
A video appeared.
Emma's father.
Alive.
Speaking to his daughter.
“If you're watching this, little star, I'm probably gone.”
Emma started crying.
He continued.
“Don't trust anyone who says I abandoned you.”
Then he said one name.
Lucas Carver.
The mastermind.
He had ordered the disappearance.
He had framed Emma's father.
And he had used Vivienne.
Damiano watched the video.
Then looked at me.
“He loved her.”
I nodded.
“He did.”
Emma whispered:
May you like
“I remember his voice.”
That broke me.
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