Chapter 8 - Nathaniel Returned to the Cross Estate Alone—And Discovered the One Person Who Had Betrayed Everyone Was Someone We TrustedNathaniel entered the Cross estate at midnight.
Samuel was waiting.
“You came.”
Nathaniel looked at him.
“This ends tonight.”
Samuel laughed.
“You always were sentimental.”
“You hurt innocent people.”
“So did you.”
“I tried to stop it.”
“You destroyed the family.”
Nathaniel stared at him.
“The family destroyed itself.”
Samuel's expression hardened.
Then he revealed the truth.
Victor Shaw had never been the true traitor.
Someone else had been giving Samuel information.
Someone close to Claire.
Someone who knew every movement.
Every address.
Every security detail.
Every hospital visit.
Nathaniel's face changed.
“Who?”
Samuel smiled.
“Your little friend Adrian isn't the only person who can manipulate people.”
He opened a door.
A woman stood inside.
Claire's best friend.
Jessica.
I had trusted her for seven years.
She had known everything.
My address.
Mia's school.
My workplace.
Everything.
Nathaniel stared.
“Why?”
Jessica cried.
“They threatened my son.”
Samuel smiled.
“She chose survival.”
Nathaniel's voice became cold.
“She chose the wrong side.”
Meanwhile, I received a call.
Jessica.
“Claire, you need to leave.”
“Why?”
“Now.”
I stood.
“What happened?”
“I can't explain.”
Then the line went dead.
I looked at Adrian.
“She knows.”
“Who?”
“Jessica.”
Adrian's security team moved immediately.
We found her car abandoned.
Inside was a note.
She isn't the enemy. She was forced.
I stared.
Then my phone rang.
Nathaniel.
“Claire.”
“Where are you?”
“I need you to listen.”
“What?”
“Samuel has Jessica.”
I froze.
“And?”
“He wants you.”
Adrian stepped closer.
I put the phone on speaker.
Nathaniel continued:
“He knows everything.”
I closed my eyes.
“Then what do we do?”
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Nathaniel said:
“We stop running.”
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