Chapter 8 - Matteo Kidnapped Marina and Demanded the Pendant, But Bella Knew the Secret Escape Route He Had Forgotten AboutMatteo attacked at dawn.
He took Marina.
Left a message.
“Bring the pendant.”
I wanted to go alone.
Bella stopped me.
“There is another door.”
“What?”
“In the wall.”
She had discovered it while playing.
The mansion had been built with hidden passages.
Bella knew one.
We found Matteo's men.
Rescued Marina.
Then chased Matteo.
He escaped.
But he made one mistake.
He left his phone.
Inside were messages.
From Salvatore.
From Renata.
From someone else.
A name I'd never expected.
My father's lawyer.
The man who had handled the estate after the massacre.
He had been helping Matteo.
The betrayal had reached every layer.
We confronted him.
He confessed.
He had helped alter records.
Hide bodies.
May you like
Forge documents.
The truth was finally complete.
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Chapter 9 - The Woman I Called Family Turned on Matteo, and Her Testimony Finally Proved Who Had Ordered My Family’s MassacreRenata surrendered.
Chapter 10 - I Offered Marina the Freedom to Leave the Duca Estate Forever, but She Gave Me an Answer I Had Never ExpectedMarina considered leaving.
Chapter 11 - Bella Started Calling Me Dad, and My Father Finally Understood That the Family He Had Tried to Protect Was Bigger Than BloodBella was seven.
Chapter 12 - Fifteen Years After the Massacre, I Returned to the Exact Place My Family Had Been Murdered With the Woman Who Saved Me and the Child Who Completed Our FamilyThe old estate was abandoned.
Chapter 13 - Bella Found Her Grandmother’s Last Letter Hidden Inside the Pendant, and It Explained Why Marina Had Risked Everything to Save MeBella found the final letter at eleven.
Chapter 14 - On the Anniversary of the Massacre, I Finally Told My Family Why I Had Become the Man Everyone Feared—and Why I No Longer Wanted That ReputationThe anniversary was quiet.
