Chapter 6 - The Diner I Thought Was My Escape Had Been Built to Hide a Deadly Secret
We returned to the Starlight Diner.
The building had belonged to my father.
I had never known.
Beneath the floorboards was a steel compartment.
Inside was the Black Ledger.
Real.
Original.
Complete.
Names.
Payments.
Murders.
Bribes.
Everything.
Judge Voss called.
She wanted the ledger.
I refused.
She threatened my mother.
Roman stepped between us.
“You don't understand what you're dealing with.”
I looked at him.
“I understand perfectly.”
Then I sent the ledger to every major newspaper in Chicago.
The files would go public at midnight.
Voss panicked.
Her organization fractured.
Members started betraying each other.
Police arrived.
Federal investigators arrived.
For the first time, the powerful were afraid.
But Voss kidnapped Noah.
My little brother.
The last innocent person connected to my family.
I had never told Roman about Noah.
He was eight.
My mother's secret son.
The child she hid from the organization.
Now Voss had him.
Roman went completely still when he learned.
“You never told me.”
“I was scared.”
He looked at me.
“You should have told me.”
“I know.”
He kissed my forehead.
“I'm bringing him home.”
Roman gathered every man he trusted.
We went to Voss's private estate.
There were armed guards.
Security cameras.
Gates.
We entered through an underground tunnel.
I found Noah first.
He was terrified.
But alive.
Then Voss appeared.
She raised a weapon.
Roman stepped in front of me.
Voss smiled.
“You really would die for her.”
Roman answered:
“Yes.”
Voss laughed.
“That is your weakness.”
I shook my head.
“No.”
I stepped beside Roman.
“That is his strength.”
The police arrived.
Voss was arrested.
But before she was taken away, she whispered:
“Your mother doesn't know everything.”
My heart dropped.
May you like
She looked at Roman.
“Ask your father who gave the order to kill her.”
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